Twitter API Scripts

This repository contains simple scripts that allow you to interact with the Twitter API to post text tweets and tweets with images.

Getting started

Twitter API Setup

Before you can use these scripts, you need to set up a Twitter Developer account and create an application to obtain API keys and secrets. Follow these steps to get your credentials:

Create a Twitter Developer Account:

If you don't already have a Twitter Developer account, go to the Twitter Developer Portal and sign up.

Create a New Twitter App:

Once you're logged in, click on the "Projects & Apps" tab. Click the "Create App" button and fill in the necessary information. After creating the app, navigate to the "Keys and tokens" tab to find your API keys and secrets.

Add Keys to Scripts:

In the script files (tweet_text.py and tweet_image.py), replace the placeholders:

• YOUR_API_KEY,
• YOUR_API_SECRET,
• YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN,
• YOUR_ACCESS_SECRET

with the actual keys and tokens obtained from the Twitter Developer Portal.

Installing Dependencies

To run the scripts, you need to have Python and few libraries installed. If you haven't installed it yet, you can do so using the following command:

pip install tweepy requests_oauthlib requests

** To use script only for tweeting text you don't need to install tweepy. Tweepy will be helpful with posting images on twitter.

Using the Scripts

Tweeting Text Posts

To tweet a text post using the tweet_text.py script, follow these steps:

Open a terminal and navigate to the project directory. Run the script with the following command:

python tweet_text.py "Your text here"

Replace "Your text here" with the text you want to tweet.

Tweeting Posts with Images

To tweet an image along with a text caption using the tweet_image.py script, follow these steps:

Place the image you want to tweet in the images directory. Open a terminal and navigate to the project directory. Run the script with the following command:

python tweet_image.py images/your_image_filename.jpg "Your caption here"

Replace "Your caption here" with your desired caption and images/your_image_filename.jpg with the actual path to your image file.