go-twitter-thanks-bot

README

Go Twitter Thanks Bot

Super easy-to-use Twitter thanks bot written in GO that send direct message on follow request. Built on the popular go twitter package go-twitter. Please read Twitter best practices before setting up a bot.

Prerequisites

This bot uses the go-twitter client library for the Twitter API, you will need to install it before you can use the Twitter bot.

go get github.com/dghubble/go-twitter/twitter
go get github.com/dghubble/oauth1

Features

You can use Go Twitter Thanks Bot to:

• Reply to any twitter follow request with a direct thank you message.

Install

You can install the Twitter Follow Bot using go get

go get github.com/ceccode/go-twitter-thanks-bot

Usage

### Configuring the bot

Before running the bot, you must first set it up so it can connect to the Twitter API. Create a .env file and fill in the following information:

CONSUMER_KEY=
CONSUMER_SECRET=
ACCESS_TOKEN=
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=

Create your keys here: https://apps.twitter.com/.

### Running the bot

Compile and run

go run main.go

Contributing

Feel free to contribute.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License

## Acknowledgments

• Dalton Hubble, author of go-twitter.