dailywikiart is a simple Twitter bot that tweets random high-resolution works of art from wikiart's API. Each tweet includes a thumbnail, description of the work, and a link to the original image.

See it in the wild running off heroku: @dailywikiart

• Randomized selection of high resolution art images.
• MongoDB database ensures that an image is never tweeted more than once.

• Python 3.6+
• running mongodb instance

$ git clone [email protected]:kylepw/dailywikiart.git && cd dailywikiart
$ python -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate
(venv) $ pip install -r requirements.txt

• Create a Twitter application with the Twitter account you wish to use with the bot. Make sure you set Read and Write access and jot down these values: consumer key, consumer secret, access token, and access token secret.

• Set the required environment variables as follows:

  API_KEY

  Your application's consumer key.

  API_SECRET

  Your application's secret key.

  ACCESS_TOKEN

  Your access token.

  ACCESS_SECRET

  Your access token secret.

  MONGODB_URI

  Your mongodb URI

  MONGODB_DBNAME

  Database name

  You can use python-dotenv, pipenv, virtualenv or bash to set the environment variables.

  One way to do it (replacing XXX's with your values):

  $ echo -e "API_KEY=XXX\nAPI_SECRET=XXX\nACCESS_TOKEN=XXX\nACCESS_SECRET=XXX\nMONGODB_URI=XXX\nMONGODB_DBNAME=XXX" >> .env
  $ set -a; source .env; set +a
  

(venv) $ # Make sure virtual environment is active
(venv) $ # and you have a mongodb instance running
(venv) $ python bot.py

or to view logs:

(venv) $ LOGLEVEL=info python bot.py

You could run this bot at a set time using any scheduler such as crontab, systemd, or launchd.

This bot is currently running on heroku with a mongodb add-on and clock dyno.

MIT License