Twitter-Retweet-Bot

A Twitter retweet bot using Twitter API and Tweepy built with Python. Supports multiple keywords/hashtags.

What You Need & Need to Know

• Tweepy - An easy-to-use Python library for accessing the Twitter API.

• Make sure you fully understand Twitter's Rules on Automation. Play nice. Don't spam!

Setup

Install all dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Creates a .env file with all environment variables like the .env.example file.

Instructions

• Out of general OS hygiene, create a new directory to contain all of your retweet bot files.

mkdir retweet-bot

• Create a new Twitter Application. This is where you'll generate your keys, tokens, and secrets.
• Fill in your keys, tokens, and secrets in the .env file.
• Check comments in retweet.py to tweak the retweet bot to your liking.
• The example demonstrates a single hashtag value, but you can tweak the code to search multiple hashtags. Example:

q='%23art%20OR%20%23music' will search #art OR #music

• Run your retweet.py script. Enjoy!

python retweet.py

Additional Information

• Note: Make sure that your retweet.py and .env files are, obviously, in the same directory.
• Create a Cron Job or use Task Scheduler to automate this script.
• Use Heroku for hosting the scripts and assign a dyno to run this script continuously.
• Consider using a Raspberry Pi to host your retweet bot, so it's always on and always running. :)