twitter_bot.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -!- coding:utf-8 -!-


import os
from twython import Twython
from twython.exceptions import TwythonError


def get_secrets():
    path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '.secret'))
    lines = load_document(path)
    return [l.strip() for l in lines[0:4]]


def load_document(filename):
    try:
        with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
            return f.readlines()
    except IOError as e:
        print e
        sys.exit(1)


def execute_command(action, twitter, query):
    result = twitter.search(q=query, result_type='resent', count=20)

    for i in result['statuses']:
        try:
            if action == 'favorite':
                r = twitter.create_favorite(id= i['id'])
            elif action == 'retweet':
                r = twitter.retweet(id= i['id'])
            
            print u'[I] Favorited: {} with id: {}'.format(r['text'], r['id'])
        except TwythonError as e:
            print u'[E] {}'.format(e)


def authenticate():
    secret = get_secrets()
    return Twython(secret[0], secret[1], secret[2], secret[3])


def main():
    twitter = authenticate()
    query_retweet = ['ssl intercept', '#infosec #hash', '#password #cracking']
    query_favorite = ['#infosec #pentest', '#cve #infosec']

    for query in query_retweet:
        execute_command('retweet', twitter, query)

    for query in query_favorite:
        execute_command('favorite', twitter, query)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

The .secret file should look like this..

<api_key>
<api_secret>
<oauth_key>
<oauth_secret>