Build a Twitter bot with Python

Today I was additionally occupied with how I could create a Twitter bot for a project. Once again Python and the package tweepy are the best choice.

The basic framework is quickly created with

apt-get install pip
pip install tweepy

installed.

For my Twitter bot I then only had to write the appropriate Python script and put it into a *.py file.

The script can be used at the end like all other Python scripts with

python3 /root/script.py

can be started.

The script then looks like this, for example:

Geschützter Bereich

Dieser Inhalt ist passwortgeschützt. Bitte gib dein Passwort ein um den Inhalt freizuschalten.

Enter your password Freischalten

Otherwise, a developer account with elevated access must be created on Twitter. Under this, a standalone app with OAuth 1.0a can then be created. As URL we only enter

https://twitter.com

in.