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So you can run\\nthrough your followers list and follow back any users that do not have\\nthe \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"following\"), \" connection.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Let\\u2019s take a look at the relation between our bot and\\n\", mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"https://twitter.com/spences10\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"a\"\n }, \"@spences10\"))), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"bot.get(\\n 'friendships/lookup',\\n {\\n screen_name: 'spences10',\\n },\\n (err, data, response) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log(data)\\n }\\n }\\n)\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"If the user follows the bot, then relationship will be:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-bash\"\n }), \"[ { name: 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Message a user with \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"bot.post('direct_messages/new'...\")), mdx(\"blockquote\", null, mdx(\"p\", {\n parentName: \"blockquote\"\n }, \"A bot should only DM a user that is following the bot account\")), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"bot.post(\\n 'direct_messages/new',\\n {\\n screen_name: 'spences10',\\n text: 'Hello from bot!',\\n },\\n (err, data, response) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log(data)\\n }\\n }\\n)\\n\")), mdx(\"h2\", {\n \"id\": \"interact-with-tweets\",\n \"style\": {\n \"position\": \"relative\"\n }\n }, mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"h2\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"#interact-with-tweets\",\n \"aria-label\": \"interact with tweets permalink\",\n \"className\": \"anchor-toc before\"\n }), mdx(\"svg\", _extends({\n parentName: \"a\"\n }, {\n \"aria-hidden\": \"true\",\n \"focusable\": \"false\",\n \"height\": \"16\",\n \"version\": \"1.1\",\n \"viewBox\": \"0 0 16 16\",\n \"width\": \"16\"\n }), mdx(\"path\", _extends({\n parentName: \"svg\"\n }, {\n \"fillRule\": \"evenodd\",\n \"d\": \"M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z\"\n })))), \"Interact with tweets\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"To get a list of tweets in the bots time line use\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \".get(statuses/home_timeline'...\")), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"bot.get(\\n 'statuses/home_timeline',\\n {\\n count: 1,\\n },\\n (err, data, response) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log(data)\\n }\\n }\\n)\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"To be more granular you can pull out specific information on each\\ntweet.\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"bot.get(\\n 'statuses/home_timeline',\\n {\\n count: 5,\\n },\\n (err, data, response) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n data.forEach(t => {\\n console.log(t.text)\\n console.log(t.user.screen_name)\\n console.log(t.id_str)\\n console.log('\\\\n')\\n })\\n }\\n }\\n)\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"To retweet use \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \".post('statuses/retweet/:id'...\"), \" and pass in a tweet\\nid to retweet.\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"bot.post(\\n 'statuses/retweet/:id',\\n {\\n id: '860828247944253440',\\n },\\n (err, data, response) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log(`${data.text} retweet success!`)\\n }\\n }\\n)\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"To unretweet just use \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \".post('statuses/unretweet/:id'...\")), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"bot.post(\\n 'statuses/unretweet/:id',\\n {\\n id: '860828247944253440',\\n },\\n (err, data, response) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log(`${data.text} unretweet success!`)\\n }\\n }\\n)\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"To like a tweet use \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \".post('favorites/create'...\")), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"bot.post(\\n 'favorites/create',\\n {\\n id: '860897020726435840',\\n },\\n (err, data, response) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log(`${data.text} tweet liked!`)\\n }\\n }\\n)\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"To unlike a post use \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \".post('favorites/destroy'...\")), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"bot.post(\\n 'favorites/destroy',\\n {\\n id: '860897020726435840',\\n },\\n (err, data, response) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log(`${data.text} tweet unliked!`)\\n }\\n }\\n)\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"To reply to a tweet is much the same a posting a tweet but you need to\\ninclude the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"in_reply_to_status_id\"), \" parameter, but that\\u2019s not enough\\nas you will also need to put in the screen name of the person you are\\nreplying to.\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"bot.post(\\n 'statuses/update',\\n {\\n status: '@spences10 I reply to you yes!',\\n in_reply_to_status_id: '860900406381211649',\\n },\\n (err, data, response) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log(`${data.text} tweeted!`)\\n }\\n }\\n)\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Finally if you want to delete a tweet use\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \".post('statuses/destroy/:id'...\"), \" passing the tweet id you want to\\ndelete.\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"bot.post(\\n 'statuses/destroy/:id',\\n {\\n id: '860900437993676801',\\n },\\n (err, data, response) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log(`${data.text} tweet deleted!`)\\n }\\n }\\n)\\n\")), mdx(\"h2\", {\n \"id\": \"use-twitter-search\",\n \"style\": {\n \"position\": \"relative\"\n }\n }, mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"h2\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"#use-twitter-search\",\n \"aria-label\": \"use twitter search permalink\",\n \"className\": \"anchor-toc before\"\n }), mdx(\"svg\", _extends({\n parentName: \"a\"\n }, {\n \"aria-hidden\": \"true\",\n \"focusable\": \"false\",\n \"height\": \"16\",\n \"version\": \"1.1\",\n \"viewBox\": \"0 0 16 16\",\n \"width\": \"16\"\n }), mdx(\"path\", _extends({\n parentName: \"svg\"\n }, {\n \"fillRule\": \"evenodd\",\n \"d\": \"M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z\"\n })))), \"Use Twitter search\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"To use search use \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \".get('search/tweets',...\"), \" there are quite a few\\nsearch parameters for search.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"q: ''\"), \" the Q is for query so to search for mango use \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"q: 'mango'\"), \" we\\ncan also limit the results returned with \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"count: n\"), \" so let\\u2019s limit it\\nthe count to in the example:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"bot.get(\\n 'search/tweets',\\n {\\n q: 'mango',\\n count: 5,\\n },\\n (err, data, response) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log(data.statuses)\\n }\\n }\\n)\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Like we did with the timeline we will pull out specific items from the\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"data.statuses\"), \" returned, like this:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"bot.get(\\n 'search/tweets',\\n {\\n q: 'mango',\\n count: 5,\\n },\\n (err, data, response) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n data.statuses.forEach(s => {\\n console.log(s.text)\\n console.log(s.user.screen_name)\\n console.log('\\\\n')\\n })\\n }\\n }\\n)\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The search API returns for relevance and not completeness, if you want\\nto search for an exact phrase you\\u2019ll need to wrap the query in quotes\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"\\\"purple pancakes\\\"\"), \" if you want to search for one of two words then\\nuse \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"OR\"), \" like \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"'tabs OR spaces'\"), \" if you want to search for both use\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"AND\"), \" like \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"'tabs AND spaces'\"), \".\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"If you want to search for a tweet without another word use \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"-\"), \" like\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"donald -trump\"), \" you can use it multiple times as well, like\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"donald -trump -duck\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"You can search for tweets with emoticons, like \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"q: 'sad :('\"), \" try it!\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Of course look for hashtags \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"q: '#towie'\"), \". Look for tweets to a user\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"q: 'to:@stephenfry'\"), \" or from a user \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"q: 'from:@stephenfry'\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"You can filter out indecent tweets with the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"filter:safe\"), \" parameter\\nyou can also use it to filter for \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"media\"), \" tweets which will return\\ntweets containing video. You can specify for \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"images\"), \" to view tweets\\nwith images and you can specify \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"links\"), \" for tweets with links.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"If you want tweets from a certain website you can specify with the\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"url\"), \" parameter like \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"url:asda\")), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"bot.get(\\n 'search/tweets',\\n {\\n q:\\n 'from:@dan_abramov url:facebook filter:images since:2017-01-01',\\n count: 5,\\n },\\n (err, data, response) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n data.statuses.forEach(s => {\\n console.log(s.text)\\n console.log(s.user.screen_name)\\n console.log('\\\\n')\\n })\\n }\\n }\\n)\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Last few now, there\\u2019s the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"result_type\"), \" parameter that will return\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"recent\"), \", \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"popular\"), \" or \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"mixed\"), \" results.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"geocode\"), \" parameter that take the format latitude longitude then\\nradius in miles \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"'51.5033640,-0.1276250,1mi'\"), \" example:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"bot.get(\\n 'search/tweets',\\n {\\n q: 'bacon',\\n geocode: '51.5033640,-0.1276250,1mi',\\n count: 5,\\n },\\n (err, data, response) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n data.statuses.forEach(s => {\\n console.log(s.text)\\n console.log(s.user.screen_name)\\n console.log('\\\\n')\\n })\\n }\\n }\\n)\\n\")), mdx(\"h2\", {\n \"id\": \"use-twitter-stream-api\",\n \"style\": {\n \"position\": \"relative\"\n }\n }, mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"h2\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"#use-twitter-stream-api\",\n \"aria-label\": \"use twitter stream api permalink\",\n \"className\": \"anchor-toc before\"\n }), mdx(\"svg\", _extends({\n parentName: \"a\"\n }, {\n \"aria-hidden\": \"true\",\n \"focusable\": \"false\",\n \"height\": \"16\",\n \"version\": \"1.1\",\n \"viewBox\": \"0 0 16 16\",\n \"width\": \"16\"\n }), mdx(\"path\", _extends({\n parentName: \"svg\"\n }, {\n \"fillRule\": \"evenodd\",\n \"d\": \"M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z\"\n })))), \"Use Twitter Stream API\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"There 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'\\\\n')\\n})\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"You can also use multiple words in the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"track\"), \" parameter, tis will get\\nyou results with either \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"twitter\"), \" or \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"bot\"), \" in them.\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const stream = bot.stream('statuses/filter', {\\n track: 'twitter, bot',\\n})\\n\\nstream.on('tweet', t => {\\n console.log(`${t.text}\\\\n`)\\n})\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"If you want both words then remove the comma \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \",\"), \" you can think of\\nspaces as \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"AND\"), \" and commas as \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"OR\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"You can also use the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, 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\"https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/iotd.html\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), \"NASA image of the day\"), \"\\nand tweet it.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"For this we will need references to \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"request\"), \" and \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"fs\"), \" for working\\nwith the file system.\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const Twit = require('twit')\\nconst request = require('request')\\nconst fs = require('fs')\\nconst config = require('./config')\\n\\nconst bot = new Twit(config)\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"First up get the photo from the NASA api, for this we will need to\\ncreate a parameter object inside our \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"getPhoto\"), \" function that will be\\npassed to the node HTTP client \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"request\"), \" for the image:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"function getPhoto() {\\n const parameters = {\\n url: 'https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod',\\n qs: {\\n api_key: process.env.NASA_KEY,\\n },\\n encoding: 'binary',\\n }\\n}\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"parameters\"), \" specify an \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"api_key\"), \" for this you can \", mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"https://api.nasa.gov/index.html#apply-for-an-api-key\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), \"apply for an\\nAPI key\"), \" or you can use the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"DEMO_KEY\"), \" this API key can be\\nused for initially exploring APIs prior to signing up, but it has much\\nlower rate limits, so you\\u2019re encouraged to signup for your own API\\nkey.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"In the example you can see that I have configured my key with the rest\\nof my \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \".env\"), \" variables.\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-bash\"\n }), \"CONSUMER_KEY=AmMSbxxxxxxxxxxNh4BcdMhxg\\nCONSUMER_SECRET=eQUfMrHbtlxxxxxxxxxxkFNNj1H107xxxxxxxxxx6CZH0fjymV\\nACCESS_TOKEN=7xxxxx492-uEcacdl7HJxxxxxxxxxxecKpi90bFhdsGG2N7iII\\nACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=77vGPTt20xxxxxxxxxxxZAU8wxxxxxxxxxx0PhOo43cGO\\n\\nNASA_KEY=DEMO_KEY\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Now to use the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"request\"), \" to get the image:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"function getPhoto() {\\n const parameters = {\\n url: 'https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod',\\n qs: {\\n api_key: process.env.NASA_KEY,\\n },\\n encoding: 'binary',\\n }\\n request.get(parameters, (err, respone, 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it \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"nasa.jpg\"), \" from\\nthe \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"getPhoto\"), \" function.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Calling \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"getPhoto()\"), \" should now save the NASA image of the day to the\\nroot of your project.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Now we can share it on Twitter \\uD83D\\uDE0E\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Two parts to this, first save the file.\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"function saveFile(body, fileName) {\\n const file = fs.createWriteStream(fileName)\\n request(body)\\n .pipe(file)\\n .on('close', err => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log('Media saved!')\\n const descriptionText = body.title\\n uploadMedia(descriptionText, fileName)\\n }\\n })\\n}\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Then \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"uploadMedia\"), \" to upload media to Twitter before we can post it,\\nthis had me stumped for a bit as I have my files in a \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"src\"), \" folder, if\\nyou have your bot files nested in folders then you will need to do the\\nsame if you are struggling with \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"file does not exist\"), \" errors:\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Add a \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"require\"), \" to \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"path\"), \" then use \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"join\"), \" with the relevant relative\\nfile path.\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const path = require('path')\\n//...\\nconst filePath = path.join(__dirname, '../' + fileName)\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Complete function here:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"function uploadMedia(descriptionText, fileName) {\\n console.log(`uploadMedia: file PATH ${fileName}`)\\n bot.postMediaChunked(\\n {\\n file_path: fileName,\\n },\\n (err, data, respone) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log(data)\\n const params = {\\n status: descriptionText,\\n media_ids: data.media_id_string,\\n }\\n postStatus(params)\\n }\\n }\\n )\\n}\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Then with the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"params\"), \" we created in \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"uploadMedia\"), \" we can post with a\\nstraightforward \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \".post('statuses/update'...\")), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"function postStatus(params) {\\n bot.post('statuses/update', params, (err, data, respone) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log('Status posted!')\\n }\\n })\\n}\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Call the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"getPhoto()\"), \" function top post to Twitter\\u2026 super straight\\nforward, right \\uD83D\\uDE00 no, I know it wasn\\u2019t. Here\\u2019s the complete module:\"), mdx(\"details\", null, mdx(\"summary\", null, \"Click to expand\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const Twit = require('twit')\\nconst request = require('request')\\nconst fs = require('fs')\\nconst config = require('./config')\\nconst path = require('path')\\n\\nconst bot = new Twit(config)\\n\\nfunction getPhoto() {\\n const parameters = {\\n url: 'https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod',\\n qs: {\\n api_key: process.env.NASA_KEY,\\n },\\n encoding: 'binary',\\n }\\n request.get(parameters, (err, respone, body) => {\\n body = JSON.parse(body)\\n saveFile(body, 'nasa.jpg')\\n })\\n}\\n\\nfunction saveFile(body, fileName) {\\n const file = fs.createWriteStream(fileName)\\n request(body)\\n .pipe(file)\\n .on('close', err => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log('Media saved!')\\n const descriptionText = body.title\\n uploadMedia(descriptionText, fileName)\\n }\\n })\\n}\\n\\nfunction uploadMedia(descriptionText, fileName) {\\n const filePath = path.join(__dirname, `../${fileName}`)\\n console.log(`file PATH ${filePath}`)\\n bot.postMediaChunked(\\n {\\n file_path: filePath,\\n },\\n (err, data, respone) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log(data)\\n const params = {\\n status: descriptionText,\\n media_ids: data.media_id_string,\\n }\\n postStatus(params)\\n }\\n }\\n )\\n}\\n\\nfunction postStatus(params) {\\n bot.post('statuses/update', params, (err, data, respone) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log('Status posted!')\\n }\\n })\\n}\\n\\ngetPhoto()\\n\"))), mdx(\"h2\", {\n \"id\": \"make-a-markov-bot\",\n \"style\": {\n \"position\": \"relative\"\n }\n }, mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"h2\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"#make-a-markov-bot\",\n \"aria-label\": \"make a markov bot permalink\",\n \"className\": \"anchor-toc before\"\n }), mdx(\"svg\", _extends({\n parentName: \"a\"\n }, {\n \"aria-hidden\": \"true\",\n \"focusable\": \"false\",\n \"height\": \"16\",\n \"version\": \"1.1\",\n \"viewBox\": \"0 0 16 16\",\n \"width\": \"16\"\n }), mdx(\"path\", _extends({\n parentName: \"svg\"\n }, {\n \"fillRule\": \"evenodd\",\n \"d\": \"M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z\"\n })))), \"Make a Markov bot\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"This is pretty neat, again from the \", mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"https://egghead.io/lessons/node-js-make-a-bot-that-sounds-like-you-with-rita-js?series=create-your-own-twitter-bots\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), \"egghead.io\"), \"\\nseries it uses \", mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"https://www.npmjs.com/package/rita\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), \"rita\"), \" natural language toolkit. It also uses\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"csv-parse\"), \" as we\\u2019re going to be reading out our Twitter archive to\\nmake the bot sound like us tweeting.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"First of all, to set up the \", mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170160\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), \"Twitter archive\"), \", you\\u2019ll\\nneed to request your data from the Twitter settings page. You\\u2019ll be\\nemailed a link to download your archive, then when you have downloaded\\nthe archive extract out the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"tweets.csv\"), \" file, we\\u2019ll then put that in\\nit\\u2019s own folder, so from the root of your project:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-bash\"\n }), \"cd src\\nmkdir twitter-archive\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"We\\u2019ll move our \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"tweets.csv\"), \" there to be accessed by the bot we\\u2019re\\ngoing to go over now.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Use \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"fs\"), \" to set up a read stream\\u2026\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const filePath = path.join(__dirname, './twitter-archive/tweets.csv')\\n\\nconst tweetData = fs\\n .createReadStream(filePath)\\n .pipe(\\n csvparse({\\n delimiter: ',',\\n })\\n )\\n .on('data', row => {\\n console.log(row[5])\\n })\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"When you run this from the console you should get the output from your\\nTwitter archive.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Now clear out things like \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"@\"), \" and \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"RT\"), \" to help with the natural\\nlanguage processing we\\u2019ll set up two functions \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"cleanText\"), \" and\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"hasNoStopWords\")), mdx(\"p\", null, mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"cleanText\"), \" will tokenize the text delimiting it on space \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"' '\"), \" filter\\nout the stop words then \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \".join(' ')\"), \" back together with a space and\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \".trim()\"), \" any whitespace that may be at the start of the text.\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"function cleanText(text) {\\n return rita.RiTa.tokenize(text, ' ')\\n .filter(hasNoStopWords)\\n .join(' ')\\n .trim()\\n}\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The tokenized text can then be fed into the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"hasNoStopWords\"), \" function\\nto be sanitized for use in \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"tweetData\")), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"function hasNoStopWords(token) {\\n const stopwords = ['@', 'http', 'RT']\\n return stopwords.every(sw => !token.includes(sw))\\n}\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Now that we have the data cleaned we can tweet it, so replace\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"console.log(row[5])\"), \" with\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"inputText = inputText + ' ' + cleanText(row[5])\"), \" then we can use\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"rita.RiMarkov(3)\"), \" the 3 being the number of words to take into\\nconsideration. Then use \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"markov.generateSentences(1)\"), \" with 1 being the\\nnumber of sentences being generated. We\\u2019ll also use \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \".toString()\"), \" and\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \".substring(0, 140)\"), \" to truncate the result down to 140 characters.\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const tweetData =\\n fs.createReadStream(filePath)\\n .pipe(csvparse({\\n delimiter: ','\\n }))\\n .on('data', function (row) {\\n inputText = `${inputText} ${cleanText(row[5])}`\\n })\\n .on('end', function(){\\n const markov = new rita.RiMarkov(3)\\n markov.loadText(inputText)\\n const sentence = markov.generateSentences(1)\\n .toString()\\n .substring(0, 140)\\n }\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Now we can tweet this with the bot using \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \".post('statuses/update'...\"), \"\\npassing in the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"sentence\"), \" variable as the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"status\"), \" logging out when\\nthere is a tweet.\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const tweetData =\\n fs.createReadStream(filePath)\\n .pipe(csvparse({\\n delimiter: ','\\n }))\\n .on('data', row => {\\n inputText = `${inputText} ${cleanText(row[5])}`\\n })\\n .on('end', () => {\\n const markov = new rita.RiMarkov(3)\\n markov.loadText(inputText)\\n const sentence = markov.generateSentences(1)\\n .toString()\\n .substring(0, 140)\\n bot.post('statuses/update', {\\n status: sentence\\n }, (err, data, response) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log('Markov status tweeted!', sentence)\\n }\\n })\\n })\\n}\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"If you want your sentences to be closer to the input text you can\\nincrease the words to consider in \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"rita.RiMarkov(6)\"), \" and if you want\\nto make it gibberish then lower the number.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Here\\u2019s the completed module:\"), mdx(\"details\", null, mdx(\"summary\", null, \"Click to expand\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const Twit = require('twit')\\nconst fs = require('fs')\\nconst csvparse = require('csv-parse')\\nconst rita = require('rita')\\nconst config = require('./config')\\nconst path = require('path')\\n\\nlet inputText = ''\\n\\nconst bot = new Twit(config)\\n\\nconst filePath = path.join(__dirname, '../twitter-archive/tweets.csv')\\n\\nconst tweetData =\\n fs.createReadStream(filePath)\\n .pipe(csvparse({\\n delimiter: ','\\n }))\\n .on('data', row => {\\n inputText = `${inputText} ${cleanText(row[5])}`\\n })\\n .on('end', () => {\\n const markov = new rita.RiMarkov(10)\\n markov.loadText(inputText)\\n const sentence = markov.generateSentences(1)\\n .toString()\\n .substring(0, 140)\\n bot.post('statuses/update', {\\n status: sentence\\n }, (err, data, response) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log('Markov status tweeted!', sentence)\\n }\\n })\\n })\\n}\\n\\nfunction hasNoStopWords(token) {\\n const stopwords = ['@', 'http', 'RT']\\n return stopwords.every(sw => !token.includes(sw))\\n}\\n\\nfunction cleanText(text) {\\n return rita.RiTa.tokenize(text, ' ')\\n .filter(hasNoStopWords)\\n .join(' ')\\n .trim()\\n}\\n\"))), mdx(\"h2\", {\n \"id\": \"retrieve-and-tweet-data-from-google-sheets\",\n \"style\": {\n \"position\": \"relative\"\n }\n }, mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"h2\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"#retrieve-and-tweet-data-from-google-sheets\",\n \"aria-label\": \"retrieve and tweet data from google sheets permalink\",\n \"className\": \"anchor-toc before\"\n }), mdx(\"svg\", _extends({\n parentName: \"a\"\n }, {\n \"aria-hidden\": \"true\",\n \"focusable\": \"false\",\n \"height\": \"16\",\n \"version\": \"1.1\",\n \"viewBox\": \"0 0 16 16\",\n \"width\": \"16\"\n }), mdx(\"path\", _extends({\n parentName: \"svg\"\n }, {\n \"fillRule\": \"evenodd\",\n \"d\": \"M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z\"\n })))), \"Retrieve and Tweet data from Google sheets\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"If you want to tweet a list of links you can use\\n\", mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"https://www.npmjs.com/package/tabletop\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"a\"\n }, \"tabletop\")), \" to work though the list, in this example\\nagain from \", mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"https://egghead.io/lessons/node-js-retrieve-and-tweet-information-from-google-spreadsheets\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), \"egghead.io\"), \" we\\u2019ll go through a list of\\nlinks.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"So, set up the bot and require \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"tabletop\"), \":\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const Twit = require('twit')\\nconst config = require('./config')\\nconst Tabletop = require('tabletop')\\n\\nconst bot = new Twit(config)\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"On your \", mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"sheets.google.com\"\n }), mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"a\"\n }, \"Google spreadsheet\")), \" you\\u2019ll need to have a\\nheader defined and then add your links, we\\u2019ll use the following for an\\nexample:\"), mdx(\"table\", null, mdx(\"thead\", {\n parentName: \"table\"\n }, mdx(\"tr\", {\n parentName: \"thead\"\n }, mdx(\"th\", _extends({\n parentName: \"tr\"\n }, {\n \"align\": null\n }), \"links\"))), mdx(\"tbody\", {\n parentName: \"table\"\n }, mdx(\"tr\", {\n parentName: \"tbody\"\n }, mdx(\"td\", _extends({\n parentName: \"tr\"\n }, {\n \"align\": null\n }), mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"td\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"https://www.freecodecamp.com\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), \"https://www.freecodecamp.com\"))), mdx(\"tr\", {\n parentName: \"tbody\"\n }, mdx(\"td\", _extends({\n parentName: \"tr\"\n }, {\n \"align\": null\n }), mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"td\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"https://github.com\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), \"https://github.com\"))), mdx(\"tr\", {\n parentName: \"tbody\"\n }, mdx(\"td\", _extends({\n parentName: \"tr\"\n }, {\n \"align\": null\n }), mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"td\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"https://www.reddit.com\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), \"https://www.reddit.com\"))), mdx(\"tr\", {\n parentName: \"tbody\"\n }, mdx(\"td\", _extends({\n parentName: \"tr\"\n }, {\n \"align\": null\n }), mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"td\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"https://twitter.com\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), \"https://twitter.com\"))))), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Now from Google sheets we can select \\u2018File\\u2019>\\u2018Publish to the web\\u2019 and\\ncopy the link that is generated we can use that in table top.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Now init Table top with three parameters, \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"key:\"), \" which is the\\nspreadsheet URL, a \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"callback:\"), \" function to get the data and\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"simpleSheet:\"), \" which is \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"true\"), \" if you only have one sheet, like in our\\nexample here:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const spreadsheetUrl =\\n 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1842GC9JS9qDWHc-9leZoEn9Q_-jcPUcuDvIqd_MMPZQ/pubhtml'\\n\\nTabletop.init({\\n key: spreadsheetUrl,\\n callback(data, tabletop) {\\n console.log(data)\\n },\\n simpleSheet: true,\\n})\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Running the bot now should give output like this:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-bash\"\n }), \"$ node index.js\\n[ { 'links': 'https://www.freecodecamp.com' },\\n { 'links': 'https://github.com' },\\n { 'links': 'https://www.reddit.com' },\\n { 'links': 'https://twitter.com' } ]\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"So now we can tweet them using \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \".post('statuses/update',...\"), \" with a\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"forEach\"), \" on the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"data\"), \" that is returned in the callback:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"Tabletop.init({\\n key: spreadsheetUrl,\\n callback(data, tabletop) {\\n data.forEach(d => {\\n const status = `${d.links} a link from a Google spreadsheet`\\n bot.post(\\n 'statuses/update',\\n {\\n status,\\n },\\n (err, response, data) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log('Post success!')\\n }\\n }\\n )\\n })\\n },\\n simpleSheet: true,\\n})\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Note that \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"${d.links}\"), \" is the header name we use in the Google\\nspreadsheet, I tried using skeleton and camel case and both returned\\nerrors so I went with a single name header on the spreadsheet.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The completed code here:\"), mdx(\"details\", null, mdx(\"summary\", null, \"Click to expand\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const Twit = require('twit')\\nconst config = require('./config')\\nconst Tabletop = require('tabletop')\\n\\nconst bot = new Twit(config)\\n\\nconst spreadsheetUrl =\\n 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1842GC9JS9qDWHc-9leZoEn9Q_-jcPUcuDvIqd_MMPZQ/pubhtml'\\n\\nTabletop.init({\\n key: spreadsheetUrl,\\n callback(data, tabletop) {\\n data.forEach(d => {\\n const status = `${d.links} a link from a Google spreadsheet`\\n console.log(status)\\n bot.post(\\n 'statuses/update',\\n {\\n status,\\n },\\n (err, response, data) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log('Post success!')\\n }\\n }\\n )\\n })\\n },\\n simpleSheet: true,\\n})\\n\"))), mdx(\"h2\", {\n \"id\": \"putting-it-all-together\",\n \"style\": {\n \"position\": \"relative\"\n }\n }, mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"h2\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"#putting-it-all-together\",\n \"aria-label\": \"putting it all together permalink\",\n \"className\": \"anchor-toc before\"\n }), mdx(\"svg\", _extends({\n parentName: \"a\"\n }, {\n \"aria-hidden\": \"true\",\n \"focusable\": \"false\",\n \"height\": \"16\",\n \"version\": \"1.1\",\n \"viewBox\": \"0 0 16 16\",\n \"width\": \"16\"\n }), mdx(\"path\", _extends({\n parentName: \"svg\"\n }, {\n \"fillRule\": \"evenodd\",\n \"d\": \"M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z\"\n })))), \"Putting it all together\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Ok, so those examples were good n\\u2019 all but we haven\\u2019t really got a bot\\nout of this have we? I mean you run it from the terminal and that\\u2019s it\\ndone, we want to be able to kick off the bot and leave it to do its\\nthing.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"One way I have found to do this is to use \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"setInterval\"), \" which will\\nkick off events from the main \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"bot.js\"), \" module, so let\\u2019s try this:\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Take the example we did to tweet a picture and add it to it\\u2019s own\\nmodule, so from the root directory of our project:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-bash\"\n }), \"cd src\\ntouch picture-bot.js\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Take the example code from that and paste it into the new module, then\\nwe\\u2019re going to make the following changes, to \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"getPhoto\"), \":\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const getPhoto = () => {\\n const parameters = {\\n url: 'https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod',\\n qs: {\\n api_key: process.env.NASA_KEY,\\n },\\n encoding: 'binary',\\n }\\n request.get(parameters, (err, respone, body) => {\\n body = JSON.parse(body)\\n saveFile(body, 'nasa.jpg')\\n })\\n}\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Then at the bottom of the module add:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"module.exports = getPhoto\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"So now we can call the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"getPhoto\"), \" function from the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"picture-bot.js\"), \"\\nmodule in our \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"bot.js\"), \" module, our \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"bot.js\"), \" module should look\\nsomething like this:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const picture = require('./picture-bot')\\n\\npicture()\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"That\\u2019s it, two lines of code, try running that from the terminal now:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-bash\"\n }), \"yarn start\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"We should get some output like this:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-bash\"\n }), \"yarn start v0.23.4\\n$ node index.js\\nMedia saved!\\nfile PATH C:\\\\Users\\\\path\\\\to\\\\project\\\\tweebot-play\\\\nasa.jpg\\n{ media_id: 863020197799764000,\\n media_id_string: '863020197799763968',\\n size: 371664,\\n expires_after_secs: 86400,\\n image: { image_type: 'image/jpeg', w: 954, h: 944 } }\\nStatus posted!\\nDone in 9.89s.\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Ok, so thats the picture of the day done, but it has run once and\\ncompleted we need to put it on an interval with \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"setInterval\"), \" which we\\nneed to pass two options to, the function it\\u2019s going to call and the\\ntimeout value.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The picture updates every 24 hours so that will be how many\\nmilliseconds in 24 hours \", \"[8.64e+7]\", \" I don\\u2019t even \\uD83E\\uDD37\\u200D\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"I work it out like this, 1000 \", mdx(\"em\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \" 60 = 1 minute, so 1000 \"), \" 60 \", mdx(\"em\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \" 60 \"), \" 24\\nso for now let\\u2019s add that directly into the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"setInterval\"), \" function:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const picture = require('./picture-bot')\\n\\npicture()\\nsetInterval(picture, 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Cool, that\\u2019s a bot that will post the NASA image of the day every 24\\nhours!\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Let\\u2019s keep going, now let\\u2019s add some randomness in with the Markov\\nbot, like we did in the picture of the day example, let\\u2019s create a new\\nmodule for the Markov bot and add all the code in there from the\\nprevious example, so from the terminal:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-bash\"\n }), \"cd src\\ntouch markov-bot.js\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Then copy pasta the markov bot example into the new module, then we\\u2019re\\ngoing to make the following changes:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const tweetData = () => {\\n fs.createReadStream(filePath)\\n .pipe(\\n csvparse({\\n delimiter: ',',\\n })\\n )\\n .on('data', row => {\\n inputText = `${inputText} ${cleanText(row[5])}`\\n })\\n .on('end', () => {\\n const markov = new rita.RiMarkov(10)\\n markov\\n .loadText(inputText)\\n .toString()\\n .substring(0, 140)\\n const sentence = markov.generateSentences(1)\\n bot.post(\\n 'statuses/update',\\n {\\n status: sentence,\\n },\\n (err, data, response) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log('Markov status tweeted!', sentence)\\n }\\n }\\n )\\n })\\n}\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Then at the bottom of the module add:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"module.exports = tweetData\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Ok, same again as with the picture bot example we\\u2019re going to add the\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"tweetData\"), \" export from \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"markov-bot.js\"), \" to our \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"bot.js\"), \" module, which\\nshould now look something like this:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const picture = require('./picture-bot')\\nconst markov = require('./markov-bot')\\n\\npicture()\\nsetInterval(picture, 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)\\n\\nmarkov()\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Let\\u2019s make the Markov bot tweet at random intervals between 5 minutes\\nand 3 hours\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const picture = require('./picture-bot')\\nconst markov = require('./markov-bot')\\n\\npicture()\\nsetInterval(picture, 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)\\n\\nconst markovInterval = (Math.floor(Math.random() * 180) + 1) * 1000\\nmarkov()\\nsetInterval(markov, markovInterval)\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Allrighty! Picture bot, Markov bot, done \\uD83D\\uDC4D\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Do the same with the link bot? Ok, same as before, you get the idea\\nnow, right?\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Create a new file in the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"src\"), \" folder for link bot:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-bash\"\n }), \"touch link-bot.js\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Copy pasta the code from the link bot example into the new module,\\nlike this:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const link = () => {\\n Tabletop.init({\\n key: spreadsheetUrl,\\n callback(data, tabletop) {\\n data.forEach(d => {\\n const status = `${d.links} a link from a Google spreadsheet`\\n console.log(status)\\n bot.post(\\n 'statuses/update',\\n {\\n status,\\n },\\n (err, response, data) => {\\n if (err) {\\n console.log(err)\\n } else {\\n console.log('Post success!')\\n }\\n }\\n )\\n })\\n },\\n simpleSheet: true,\\n })\\n}\\n\\nmodule.exports = link\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Then we can call it from the bot, so it should look something like\\nthis:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-js\"\n }), \"const picture = require('./picture-bot')\\nconst markov = require('./markov-bot')\\nconst link = require('./link-bot')\\n\\npicture()\\nsetInterval(picture, 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)\\n\\nconst markovInterval = (Math.floor(Math.random() * 180) + 1) * 1000\\nmarkov()\\nsetInterval(markov, markovInterval)\\n\\nlink()\\nsetInterval(link, 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Ok? Cool \\uD83D\\uDC4D\\uD83D\\uDE0E\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"We can now leave the bot running to do its thing!!\"), mdx(\"h2\", {\n \"id\": \"deploy-to-now\",\n \"style\": {\n \"position\": \"relative\"\n }\n }, mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"h2\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"#deploy-to-now\",\n \"aria-label\": \"deploy to now permalink\",\n \"className\": \"anchor-toc before\"\n }), mdx(\"svg\", _extends({\n parentName: \"a\"\n }, {\n \"aria-hidden\": \"true\",\n \"focusable\": \"false\",\n \"height\": \"16\",\n \"version\": \"1.1\",\n \"viewBox\": \"0 0 16 16\",\n \"width\": \"16\"\n }), mdx(\"path\", _extends({\n parentName: \"svg\"\n }, {\n \"fillRule\": \"evenodd\",\n \"d\": \"M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z\"\n })))), \"Deploy to now\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Right, we have a bot that does a few things but it\\u2019s on our\\ndevelopment environment, so it can\\u2019t stay there forever, well it could\\nbut it\\u2019d be pretty impcratcical. Let\\u2019s put our bot on a server\\nsomewhere to do it\\u2019s thing.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"To do this we\\u2019re going to be using \", mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"https://zeit.co/now\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), \"now\"), \", \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"now\"), \" allows for simple\\ndeployments from the CLI if you\\u2019re not fimailiar with now then take a\\nquick look at the \", mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"https://zeit.co/now\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), \"documentation\"), \" in these examples we\\u2019re going\\nto be using the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"now-cli\"), \".\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"There\\u2019s a few things we need to do in order to get our bot ready to go\\non \", mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"https://zeit.co/now\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), \"now\"), \", let\\u2019s list them quickly and then go into detail.\"), mdx(\"ul\", null, mdx(\"li\", {\n parentName: \"ul\"\n }, \"Signup and install now-cli\"), mdx(\"li\", {\n parentName: \"ul\"\n }, \"Add now settings + .npmignore file\"), mdx(\"li\", {\n parentName: \"ul\"\n }, \"Add .env variables as secrets\"), mdx(\"li\", {\n parentName: \"ul\"\n }, \"Add npm deploy script\"), mdx(\"li\", {\n parentName: \"ul\"\n }, \"Re jig picture-bot.js\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Ready? Let\\u2019s do this! \\uD83D\\uDCAA\"), mdx(\"p\", null, mdx(\"strong\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"Signup and install now-cli\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Fist up let\\u2019s signup for \", mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"https://zeit.co/login\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), \"zeit\"), \" \\u25B2 create an account and\\nauthenticate, then we can install the CLI.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Install \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"now\"), \" globally on our machine so you can use it everywhere, to\\ninstall the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"now-cli\"), \" from the terminal enter:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-bash\"\n }), \"npm install -g now\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Once it\\u2019s completed login with:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-bash\"\n }), \"now --login\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The first time you run \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"now\"), \", it\\u2019ll ask for your email address in\\norder to identify you. Go to the email account to supplied when\\nsigining up an click on the email sent to you from \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"now\"), \", and you\\u2019ll\\nbe logged in automatically.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"If you need to switch the account or re-authenticate, run the same\\ncommand again.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"You can always check out the \", mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"https://zeit.co/docs/getting-started/installing-now#cli-with-npm\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), \"now-cli\"), \"\\ndocumentation for more information along with the \", mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"https://zeit.co/docs/getting-started/your-first-deployments#deploying-node\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), \"your first\\ndeployment\"), \" guide.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, mdx(\"strong\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"Add now settings\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Ok, so that\\u2019s signup and install sorted, we can now configure the bot\\nfor deploying to \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"now\"), \". First up let\\u2019s add the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"now\"), \" settings to our\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"package.json\"), \" file, I\\u2019ve put it in between my \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"npm\"), \" scripts and the\\nauthor name in my \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"package.json\"), \":\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-json\"\n }), \"\\\"scripts\\\": {\\n \\\"start\\\": \\\"node index.js\\\"\\n },\\n \\\"now\\\": {\\n \\\"alias\\\": \\\"my-awesome-alias\\\",\\n \\\"files\\\": [\\n \\\"src\\\",\\n \\\"index.js\\\"\\n ]\\n },\\n \\\"author\\\": \\\"Scott Spence\\\",\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"This was a source of major confusion for me so I\\u2019m hoping I can save\\nyou the pain I went through trying to configure this, all the relevant\\ndocumentation is there you just need to put it all together \\uD83D\\uDE0E\"), mdx(\"blockquote\", null, mdx(\"p\", {\n parentName: \"blockquote\"\n }, \"If you find anything in here that doesn\\u2019t make sense or is just\\noutright wrong then please \", mdx(\"a\", _extends({\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, {\n \"href\": \"https://github.com/spences10/twitter-bot-playground/issues/new\",\n \"target\": \"_blank\",\n \"rel\": \"noopener\"\n }), \"log an issue\"), \" or create a\\npull request \\uD83D\\uDC4D\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The now settings \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"alias\"), \" is to give your deployment a shothand name\\nover the auto generated URL that \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"now\"), \" creates, the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"files\"), \" section\\ncovers what we want to include in the depoloyment to \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"now\"), \" we\\u2019ll go\\nover the file structure shortly. Basically what is included in the\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"files\"), \" array is all that get pused up to the now servers.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"All good so for?\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Ok, now we need to add a \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \".npmignore\"), \" file in the root of the project\\nand add the following line to it:\"), mdx(\"pre\", null, mdx(\"code\", _extends({\n parentName: \"pre\"\n }, {\n \"className\": \"language-bash\"\n }), \"!tweets.csv\\n\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"tweets.csv\"), \" needs to go up to the \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"now\"), \" server to be used by the\\nbot, but we previously included it in our \", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \".gitignore\"), \" which is what\\n\", mdx(\"inlineCode\", {\n parentName: \"p\"\n }, \"now\"), \" uses to build your project when it\\u2019s being loaded to the server.\\nSo this 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