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It's a Python script I run every 5 minutes with cron. It uses BeautifulSoup to scrape the newsyc front page, Tweepy to send out out tweets, and sqlite3 to keep
by jmillerinc 16y ago
It's a Python script I run every 5 minutes with cron. It uses BeautifulSoup to scrape the newsyc front page, Tweepy to send out out tweets, and sqlite3 to keep track of which stories have already been tweeted.
- mike-cardwell 16y agoWhy use an sqlite DB when you can use the twitter feed its self to check whether or not a story has been posted?
- jmillerinc 16y agoBecause twitter is unstable, and the api is rate-limited.
- virrgil 16y agoCould you share the source please?