Twitter Guybrush Threepwood bot.

A Twitter bot that tweets a quote every hour of the mighty pirate, Guybrush Threepwood. Also reply for mentions with a random quote.

The bot also post Monkey Island screenshots in order every 3 hours.

Guybrush quotes

• The secret of Monkey Island: http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/562681-the-secret-of-monkey-island/faqs/23891
• Lechucks Revenge: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/562680-monkey-island-2-lechucks-revenge/faqs/79490
• The curse of Monnkey Island: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/29083-the-curse-of-monkey-island/faqs/60819

Monkey Island walkthrough

• The secret of Monkey Island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgRIXntFhww
• Lechucks Revenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXRMEz6n5SM
• The curse of Monkey Island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfAo3O2qZR0

Setup

1. Clone the project.
2. Create an environment doing pip install virtualenv and then virtualenv {ENVIRONMENT_NAME}.
3. Activate the virtual if needed source /{ENVIRONMENT_NAME}/bin/activate (Note: The method used to activate the virtual environment may be different, depending on your operating system and shell. You can learn more about this in the venv documentation.)
4. Generate the twitter account keys. Visit https://developer.twitter.com.

Run the quotes Bot

1. Run the scrirpt for a single tweet TWITTER_BOT_CONSUMER_KEY='{KEY}' TWITTER_BOT_CONSUMER_SECRET='{KEY}' TWITTER_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN='{KEY}' TWITTER_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET='{KEY}' python guybrush_threepwood_quotes_bot.py

Run the reply bot

1. Run the script for replying mentions BOT_USER_ID={BOT_USER_ID} TWITTER_BOT_CONSUMER_KEY='{KEY}' TWITTER_BOT_CONSUMER_SECRET='{KEY}' TWITTER_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN='{KEY}' TWITTER_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET='{KEY}' BARER_TOKEN='{KEY}' nohup python guybrush_threepwood_reply_bot.py

Run the Monkey Island screenshots bot

1. Run the script for posting screenshots: TWITTER_BOT_CONSUMER_KEY={TWITTER_BOT_CONSUMER_KEY TWITTER_BOT_CONSUMER_SECRET={TWITTER_BOT_CONSUMER_SECRET TWITTER_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN={TWITTER_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN} TWITTER_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET={TWITTER_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET} nohup python monkey_island_screenshots_bot.py &

Production bot:

@guybrush_quotes

Resources

Twitter:

• Twitter developper account: https://developer.twitter.com
• Twitter Authentication: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/authentication/oauth-2-0/authorization-code
• Twitter Authentication PKCE: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/authentication/oauth-2-0/user-access-token
• Twitter authentication PIN-based: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/authentication/oauth-1-0a/pin-based-oauth
• Twitter bot project example: https://github.com/twitterdev/FactualCat-Twitter-Bot
• Twitter bot examples in Python: https://realpython.com/twitter-bot-python-tweepy/
• Twitter bot example: https://medium.com/@muhammetbuyuknacar/coding-a-twitter-lyric-mention-bot-with-python-de83b024b9a3

Python:

• Python and VSCode: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/python-tutorial
• Python programmer: https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers
• os Python: https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html
• Python scripts on background: https://janakiev.com/blog/python-background/
• Schedule Python: https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-schedule-python-scripts-with-cron-the-only-guide-youll-ever-need-deea2df63b4e
• Python Twitter library: https://pypi.org/project/twitter/
• Python csv library: https://pypi.org/project/python-csv/
• Crontab guru: https://crontab.guru/#____\*__\__
  • Install crontab crontab my-crontab
  • Generate crontab with copy crontab -l > my-crontab
  • Access location of crontab files https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/where-is-the-crontab-file/