Reddibot

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A Twitter bot that mirrors top posts from various subreddits to twitter.com.

https://twitter.com/reddibot

Current subreddits include:

• animalsbeingderps
• aww
• awwducational
• engineeringporn
• expectationvsreality
• eyebleach
• ilikthebred
• imaginarylandscapes
• natureisfuckinglit
• nocontext
• perfectfit
• rarepuppers
• showerthoughts
• spaceporn
• superbowl
• whatswrongwithyourdog
• woahdude

Prerequisites

• Your own Twitter account with an app created using https://apps.twitter.com/.

  • Go to https://apps.twitter.com/ and click "Create new app"
  • Fill out the form with the required information
  • Click "Create your Twitter application"

• A .env file at the root of the application that contains the API keys provided by Twitter when your app was created.

  Note: Your .env file should look something like this (replace XXXXXX with the keys provided by Twitter):

  CONSUMER_KEY=XXXXXX
  CONSUMER_SECRET=XXXXXX
  ACCESS_TOKEN=XXXXXX
  ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=XXXXXX

Installation

• git clone https://github.com/salcido/reddibot.git (this repository)
• change into the new directory
• npm install

Running / Development

• Start the bot:
  • npm start

Testing

• Running the tests:
  • npm test

Built With

• Node-Fetch - Window.fetch for Node
• Sharp - Image processing
• Twit - Twitter API client for Node

Author

• Matthew Salcido - salcido

License

This project is licensed under the GPL License - see the LICENSE file for details