msg-on-twitter-follow

This app monitors your Twitter feed. When someone new follows you on Twitter, it automatically follows them back and sends them a welcome message.

You can configure the message to send using Merge Tags in the form %FIELD_NAME% like: %DAY_OF_WEEK%, %FIRST_NAME%, or the upper case version of any field available on the Twitter User resource enclosed in % symbols (e.g. %SCREEN_NAME%).

##Prerequisites Twitter App Account

See Twitter Apps for instructions.

Node

See nodejs.org for instructions.

TypeScript

npm install -g typescript

##Setup Clone the repo.

git clone https://github.com/dev-mastery/msg-on-twitter-follow.git

Edit the included dotenv-sample.txt file and save it as .env in the cloned root directory ~\msg-on-twitter-follow. Your .env file should have the following structure (with your own info, of course):

T_MY_NAME = YourTwitterUsername
T_GREETING = default message to send when someone follows you
T_CONSUMER_KEY = Your Twitter API Consumer Key
T_CONSUMER_SECRET = Your Twitter API Consumer Secret
T_ACCESS_TOKEN = Your Twitter API Access Token
T_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = Your Twitter API Access Token Secret

For more info on .env see dotenv

##Run Before running the following commands, please ensure you have all the prerequisites and that you have followed the setup instructions!

From the cloned directory:

tsc
npm install
npm start

twitBot API

• twitBot
  • ~startMessagingNewFollowers([msg])
  • ~followUser(user)
  • ~sendMessage(user, [msg])
  • ~stopMessagingNewFollowers()

twitBot~startMessagingNewFollowers([msg])

When a user follows you, follow them back and send a message

Kind: inner method of twitBot

Param	Type	Description
[msg]	string	the message to send. Defaults to the environment variable: process.env.T_GREETING. Can also use merge tags in the form, %FIELD_NAME% where FIELD_NAME is one of: DAY_OF_WEEK, FIRST_NAME, or the upper case form of any Twitter User field found at: https://dev.twitter.com/overview/api/users

twitBot~followUser(user)

Follows a user.

Kind: inner method of twitBot

Param	Type	Description
user	Twit.Twitter.User	the user to follow.

twitBot~sendMessage(user, [msg])

Sends a direct message (DM) to a user.

Kind: inner method of twitBot

Param	Type	Description
user	Twit.Twitter.User	the user to message
[msg]	string	the message to send. Defaults to the environment variable: process.env.T_GREETING. Can also use merge tags in the form, %FIELD_NAME%

twitBot~stopMessagingNewFollowers()

Stops tracking new followers

Kind: inner method of twitBot

##License Copyright (c) 2016 Dev Mastery

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