From 31c5306a39f773513e91db3514a414a15fa07c20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Rodriguez <rod.cam2014+dev@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 18:44:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] implemented the tweetstorm function to send linked tweets for
long title text
---
xkcd_alt.py | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/xkcd_alt.py b/xkcd_alt.py
index f71b11b..113df96 100644
--- a/xkcd_alt.py
+++ b/xkcd_alt.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ linked comic, extracts the image alt text, and Tweets it as a reply."""
import time # Program sleeping
import os # API keys & access tokens
import math # Round up number of tweets needed
-import re # Split Tweets by spaces
import requests # Accessing API
from requests_oauthlib import OAuth1 # OAuth
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup # HTML searching
@@ -94,8 +93,8 @@ class Twitter():
if tweet.status_code == 200: # Good request
print('Successfully Tweeted:\n\n{}'.format(tweet.json()))
- del tweet, tweet_payload
- return None
+ del tweet_payload
+ return tweet.json()
elif tweet.status_code >= 429 or tweet.status_code == 420 or \
tweet.status_code == 403:
# Twitter issue or rate limiting
@@ -111,14 +110,26 @@ class Twitter():
def tweetstorm(self, body, num_tweets, orig_tweet):
"""This function posts a chain of tweets if the full Tweet is longer than 280 characters."""
- status = [] # The individual Tweets
- seek = 0 # location in body
-
- while True: # Split the tweet into smaller parts
- snip = re.search(' ', body[seek:seek+280]) #
-
-
-
+ seek = 0 # Location in body of text
+
+ for n in range(num_tweets): # Post each individual tweet // twit: a short tweet
+ if (n+1) < num_tweets:
+ endspace = body[seek:seek+280].rfind(' ') # Find the last space under 280 chars
+ twit = body[seek:endspace] # Get up to 280 chars of full words
+ else: # Final tweet
+ twit = body[seek:] # Use the remaining characters
+
+ if n is 0:
+ result = self.post(twit, orig_tweet) # Reply to the original tweet
+ else:
+ result = self.post(twit, reply_to) # Reply to the previous tweet
+ if result is 'crash':
+ return 'crash' # Enter log protection mode
+
+ reply_to = result['id_str'] # Tweet for next twit to reply to
+ seek += endspace + 1 # Start the next sequence from after the space
+
+ return None
def get_auth():
"""This function retrieves the API keys and access tokens from environmental variables."""
@@ -213,7 +224,7 @@ while True: # Initialize main account loop
if result == 'crash':
crash()
- elif result is None: # Successful Tweet
+ else: # Successful Tweet
del result
print('Sleeping for 60 seconds...')
time.sleep(60)
--
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