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Twitter bots

Toust — Fri, 13 May 2022 15:21:08 +0000

I recently attended to a Twitter bot workshop hosted by Canek Zapata called "Jardín de Bots".

I had experience with bots before, following tutorials by Daniel Shiffman and another one with just images using Tumblr's queue and IFTTT.

OvvO bot it's also a Yen/No bot, you just have to mention it.
Ffffoundish_bot #ripFfffound

But this time it was a lot easier. We didn't have to apply for a Key on Twitter Devs or the use of the API and credentials.

We used Tracery and Cheap bots done quick

Tracery is a js library that let you combine group of strings in a controlled random way. You just have to fill with text the js object that is already arranged for you, so you just have to worry on the combination of those strings.

Then, when your bot's code is done, you go to cheapBotsDoneQuick to run it and post it. You can also set an automated posting and the use of images (hosted somewhere else).

It's definitely a cool way to make bots, it gives you a lot of choices, and it's excellent for people that are not very comfortable yet with code.

Oh! my new bot combines lyrics of Rosalía and C. Tangana in a sentence. Follow it here :)
https://twitter.com/rosaliatangana

RIP Tumbview

Toust — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 03:32:53 +0000

So, one of my favorite sites shut down a few months ago.
Tumbview was an autoplay, fullscreen Tumblr image viewer that helped me get rid of distractions while giving me beautiful images on my screens.
It also helped me maintain a twitter bot with ffffoundings of amazing art.
Try it out here: https://latostadorano.com/tumbview.html

Wordle with Python

Toust — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 06:15:25 +0000

I got this as my first task in Codecademy's Portfolio project in CS 101 and in the meantime Wordle was a very popular game on twitter.

I used the Spellchecker module to search for existing words.
Tried to be as friendly as possible and addes emoticons to be more playful.

I will add classes to keep track of the player and its games.

Hopefully this will turn out as a real twitter bot.

You can follow the project on Github