Nodejs Twitter bot

Node.js provides multiple features and built-in library for making all bots and other functionals more easy. Now bots are the current trend and each bot has its own specific usage for user specific requirement. Now we are going to build a Twitter bot in Nodejs

Create a new directory anywhere in your system and create a new project using the following command:

Create a new directory anywhere in your system and create a new project.

If you have installed Node.js by manual build then there is a chance that crypto library is not shipped with it. You can run this command to install a crypto dependency.

npm install twit --save

create a envirnonment file .env and place your specific values,

APPLICATION_CONSUMER_KEY_HERE=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX,
APPLICATION_CONSUMER_SECRET_HERE=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX,
ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX,
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET_HERE=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Create a new file index.js and load the twitter config as follows:

const Twit = require(‘twit’); 
const twitter = new Twit({ 
     consumer_key: process.env.APPLICATION_CONSUMER_KEY_HERE,
     consumer_secret: process.env.APPLICATION_CONSUMER_SECRET_HERE,
     access_token: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE, 
     access_token_secret: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET_HERE
});

Search Bot

Let’s write a function expression that search twitter for all tweets containing the word ‘Nojde.js’ since July 11, 2019.

twitter.get('search/tweets', { q: 'Node.js since:2011-07-19', count: 100 }, function(err, data, response) {
    console.log(data)
})

List followers for account

Let’s write a function expression that get list of all users with account @twitteraccount .

twitter.get('followers/ids', { screen_name: 'twitteraccount' },function (err, data, response) {
     console.log(data)
})

Retweet Bot

Let’s write a function expression that finds the latest tweets according to the tweet id passed as a parameter.

twitter.post('statuses/retweet/:id', { id: '343360866131001345' },function (err, data, response) {
     console.log(data);
})

Destroy a tweet

Let’s write a function expression that delete the latest tweets according to the tweet id passed as a parameter.

twitter.post('statuses/destroy/:id', { id: '343360866131001345' }, function (err, data, response) {
     console.log(data)
})

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