This script generates and posts five tweets daily using OpenAI's GPT-4 model and the Twitter API. It uses environment variables to securely store API keys.
- Generates tweets based on predefined topics using OpenAI's GPT-4.
- Automatically posts the tweets to Twitter using the Tweepy library.
- Schedules daily execution using the
schedulelibrary.
- Python 3.7 or later
- OpenAI API Key
- Twitter API credentials (API Key, API Secret, Access Token, Access Secret)
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Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/your-repo/daily-twitter-bot.git cd daily-twitter-bot -
Install dependencies:
pip install openai tweepy schedule python-dotenv
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Set up environment variables:
- Create a
.envfile in the project root with the following content:OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key TWITTER_API_KEY=your_twitter_api_key TWITTER_API_SECRET=your_twitter_api_secret TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_twitter_access_token TWITTER_ACCESS_SECRET=your_twitter_access_secret
- Create a
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Update the predefined topics in the script (optional).
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Run the script:
python main.py
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The script will:
- Generate five tweets daily.
- Post the tweets to Twitter.
- Repeat this process daily at the scheduled time (default: 9:00 AM).
- Scheduling: Modify the time in the
schedule.every().day.at("09:00")line in the script. - Topics: Update the
topicslist in thegenerate_and_post_daily_tweetsfunction with your own ideas.
For continuous operation:
- Linux/Mac: Use
cronto run the script as a background job. - Windows: Use Task Scheduler.
- Cloud Hosting: Deploy the script on a platform like Heroku, AWS, or Google Cloud for 24/7 uptime.
- Never hardcode API keys in your script.
- Use
.gitignoreto prevent the.envfile from being committed to version control.
openai: For tweet generation.tweepy: For posting tweets to Twitter.schedule: For daily task scheduling.python-dotenv: For managing environment variables during development.