babbler 0.3.4

Description:

babbler 0.3.4

A Twitter bot that polls an RSS feed and posts its entries as tweets,
with auto-generated hashtags. For extra mischief, replies to the bot
are responded to using a basic Eliza implementation.
After installing, the ‘babbler’ command will be available which you
can use to run the bot. Data will be stored in the current directory.

Options


--version
show program’s version number and exit

-h, --help
show this help message and exit



Required:

-u url, --feed-url=url
RSS Feed URL



Optional:

-i strings, --ignore=strings
Comma separated strings for ignoring feed entries if
they contain any of the strings

-p seconds, --pause=seconds
Seconds between RSS feed requests (default:600)

-q decimal, --queue-slice=decimal
Decimal fraction of unposted tweets to send during
each iteration between feed requests (default:0.3)

-l level, --log-level=level
Level of information printed (ERROR|INFO|DEBUG)
(default:INFO)

-m len, --hashtag-min-length=len
Minimum length of a hashtag (default:3)



Switches:

-a, --append
Switch certain options into append mode where their
values provided are appended to their persisted
values, namely –ignore, –hashtag-min-length,
–pause, –queue-slice

-s, --subtract
Opposite of –append

-e, --edit-data
Load a Python shell for editing the data file

-f, --dry-run
Fake run that doesn’t save data or post tweets

-d, --daemonize
Run as a daemon

-k, --kill
Kill a previously started daemon

-D, --DESTROY
Deletes all saved data and tweets from Twitter



Twitter authentication (all required):

-w key, --consumer-key=key
Twitter Consumer Key

-x secret, --consumer-secret=secret
Twitter Consumer Secret

-y key, --access-token-key=key
Twitter Access Token Key

-z secret, --access-token-secret=secret
Twitter Access Token Secret





Options need only be provided once via command line as options specified are
then persisted in the data file, and reused on subsequent runs. Required
options can also be omitted as they will each then be prompted for
individually.