Twitter Talk

An implementation of the eliza chatbot which i've wrapped in a modified version of Andy Pipers twitter sample-python-autoreply and dockerized it for ease of deployment.

Getting Started

Nothing magical required, if the docker section is complete you would just need docker on your system and be able to run docker commands you're good to go.

Prerequisites

• docker installed on your system
• twitter app account
  • api & secret keys from this account
• (optional) a heroku account

Built with

• Python 3.6
• NLTK
• Docker

Install / Build

pull the repo

$ git clone https://URL-TO-THIS-REPO/twittertalk.git

required or the app wont build properly: edit the twitter_settings.py file and put your twitter account api and secret keys.

for example:

MY_CONSUMER_KEY = ‘XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX’
MY_CONSUMER_SECRET = ‘XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX’
MY_ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY = ‘XXXXXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX’
MY_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = ‘XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX’
RULE = ‘bot_account_name’
SCREEN_NAME = ‘bot_screen_name’
USER_ID = ‘bot_account_name’

build it

$ docker build -t twittertalk .

Run

docker run the app

$ docker run -t twittertalk

Test?

sorry, haven't written any tests (really need to get my test-writing game up!) but just go and talk to your bot account and watch it respond with some sh!t.

TODO:

• heroku deploy automation (maybe?)
• a Makefile under /app for ease of re-building
• easy way to turn DEBUG on/off

Credits

thanks to Andy Pipers python work saved me time figuring that part out.