Stafford Motor Speedway Racing Results Twitter Bot

This script posts tweets to twitter in order to share the most recent racing results from Stafford Motor Speedway's SK Modified Feature Events. The tweet includes the date of the race, the race title, the top 5 finishers and the link to the full article on the tracks website.

Stafford Motor Speedway Website                                                                                   Twitter @TheKingTC13

Environment Variables

• See the docs: python-dotenv.
• Change the below variables in '.env'. Using environment variables to secure api keys.

Twitter API Variables

• API calls using Tweepy.
• To create and use the twitter API apply for a Twitter Developer Account.

API_ACCESS_SECRET: <API_ACCESS_SECRET_base64_encoded>
API_ACCESS_TOKEN: <API_ACCESS_TOKEN_base64_encoded>
API_KEY: <API_KEY_base64_encoded>
API_SECRET: <API_SECRET_base64_encoded>

Twitter Account Variable

The twitter account username used in the API.

TWITTER_ACCOUNT: <TWITTER_ACCOUNT_base64_encoded>

Webhook Variable

The webhook URL if you want to send messages using webhooks.

WEBHOOK_DISCORD: <WEBHOOK_DISCORD_base64_encoded>

Other Variable

The URL that contains a list of posts.

ARCHIVE_WEBSITE: <ARCHIVE_WEBSITE_base64_encoded>

Functions in Script

• tweepyThread - Function using tweepy in order to send multiple tweets in a thread fashion.
• discordMessage - Function using requests to send messages over webhooks, this one is used mainly for discord.
• staffordResults - The main part of this script