discord-engagement-tweeter

README

Discord Engagement Tweeter 🐦

Discord bot that posts tweets based on messages in a server channel once a specific number of reactions are received for a message.

Created with Go, using Discordgo package for handling communication with Discord and Twitter API to communicate with Twitter (using go-oauth1 for Twitter auth).

Installation

To install the bot, clone and cd to this repository. Compile the program with Go compiler go build.

To run the program run the outputted binary ./discord-engagement-tweeter.

Optionally, you can run the program with custom config path ./discord-engagement-tweeter --config /path/to/config.json

You should see a message printed in the terminal that says Bot is running...

Usage

To create the Discord bot Discord Application To post Tweets on behalf of your account you need to create Twitter Developer Account

Before you can start you need to set these environment variables in .env file. There is an example .env.example file that you can use as a template.

Copy the credentials from the application settings in Discord and Twitter to the .env.

DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=
X_CONSUMER_KEY=
X_CONSUMER_SECRET=
X_ACCESS_TOKEN=
X_TOKEN_SECRET=

{
  "db_path": "messages.txt", <- name of file to store already tweeted messages to avoid duplicate tweets
  "reaction_threshold": 2, <- amount of reactions needed for message to be posted on Twitter
  "channel_ids": ["1175797847107575808"], <- IDs of channels in which the bot listens to reactions
  "ignore_after_hours": 72 <- Number of hours after which the bot ignores the new reactions (To avoid tweeting old messages)
}

The last step is to invite the bot to your server.

Troubleshooting

The most probable cause of errors is missing credentials from .env file or wrong config format