bsdpbot.py

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

# Original script (kept up to date): https://github.com/robincamille/bot-tutorial/blob/master/mybot.py

# Twitter Bot Starter Kit: Bot 1

# This bot tweets three times, waiting 15 seconds between tweets.

# If you haven't changed credentials.py yet with your own Twitter
# account settings, this script will tweet at twitter.com/lacunybot

CONSUMER_KEY = ''
CONSUMER_SECRET = ''
ACCESS_TOKEN = ''
ACCESS_SECRET = ''

# Housekeeping: do not edit
import tweepy, time
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_TOKEN, ACCESS_SECRET)
api = tweepy.API(auth)

from communityapis.sites.patreon_com import get_patreon_project_stats

last = None

while True:
    if not last:
        last = get_patreon_project_stats('becomingdatasci')
        continue
    current = get_patreon_project_stats('becomingdatasci')
    if last != current:
        line = "Monthly pledges are now $%s total from %s patrons. Please donate and encourage your data science buddies to donate." % (int(current['pledge_sum']), current['patron_count'])
        api.update_status(line)
        last = current
    time.sleep(60)