longlive.js

longlive.js

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// will not be executed as code.
// (Even if the line has otherwise functioning code in it.)
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// This little program requires "libraries"--other programs that extend the functionality of the base node.js code
// So the next two lines tell this program to look for two libraries
	var Twit = require('twit');  // This library lets us communicate with Twitter
	var rita = require('rita');  // This library provides a lot of text processing tools

// We'll start with next few lines commented out.
// We won't need these until we're ready to post to Twitter

// var T = new Twit({
  // consumer_key:         'CONSUMER KEY HERE', 
  // consumer_secret:      'SECRET KEY HERE',
  // access_token:         'ACCESS TOKEN HERE',
  // access_token_secret:  'ACCESS TOKEN SECRET HERE'
// });

// Here we create a lexicon library (a word list), using the RiTa library 
// Documentation on RiTa is at http://rednoise.org/rita/reference/index.html	
lexicon = new rita.RiLexicon();

// Here we create a function to capitalize the first letter of a string
	function capitalizeFirstLetter(string)
		{
			return string.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + string.slice(1);
		}

// Here we create the function to generate text
	function makeLive() {

		var theKing = lexicon.randomWord('nn');

		var longLive = "Long live" + " " + theKing + ".";

		console.log(longLive);

// Toggle Twitter  by un/commenting next four lines
       // T.post('statuses/update', { status: dead}, function(err, reply) {
       // console.log("error: " + err);
         // console.log("reply: " + reply);
       // });
}

// Let's execute the function!
makeLive();

// A timer to run the script every 60 minutes
	// setInterval(function () {
		// try {
			// makeLive();
		// }
		// catch (e) {
			// console.log(e);
		// }
	// }, 1000 * 60 * 60);