Summary

This bot is fully written in linux shell (.sh scripting) and will run natively on most systems. Developed and running on a RaspberryPI and has been feeding discord servers for over a year. The only dependencies in place are pulling from nitter sites (Twitter mirror's, kind of. Check out https://github.com/zedeus/nitter) and using sqlite by preference, although you can tweak the code to simply store your servers/webhooks in a text file if you'd rather not install sqlite.

Why nitter? Because twitter itself is locked down pretty tightly, but nitter sites are up to date to the second and re-use tweet/content identifiers, so the script pulls what it needs from nitter sites then uses those identifiers to post direct twitter links to discord. Unavoidable requirement so far, but if you manage to figure out a way to skip nitter, let me know, I'd love to remove that dependency.

Where do the images get sourced from?

Any twitter profile you specify

Can I see the bot in action?

Yea, the bot is currently feeding many servers, but you can see it in action on my discord server (DISCORD.D4NG3R.COM) in PATREON > #demo-twitter-cnn

Usage

(Under the assumption you installed sqlite and have created a database structured like DiscordBotDB.png)

• Ensure you add your discord webhook URL to your sqlite db (See DiscordBotDB.png)
• Pull the SH script to your run location (I just run it from user folder /home/<user>/projects/discord_bots/twitter but you can run it from anywhere.)
• Set the hooks var (line 4) to specify DB/Table/Data selections
• Set the bot_files var (line 8), this tells the bot where to cache used URLs
• Set the bot to run however you like. I have it set to run every 5 minutes via CRON (Example below) -- Cron file: /etc/cron.d/run_all_discord_bots -- Cron file contents: */5 * * * * root /home/admin/projects/discord_bots/reddit/bot_twitter.sh

***NOTE: If using sqlite, see DiscordBotDB.png for table structure this bot expects

History

I developed my discord bots after KITROBIT stopped providing their services and ran a small PATREON page to generate support. I recently disabled patreon income and decided to just generalize my code and upload to GITHUB. I may tweak them over time as they all run 24/7 for various discord servers right now. If you make any positive tweaks/changes/fixes please let me know to update these repositories.

Buy me a beer?

Feel free to paypal me a couple bucks for a beer! str4ng3r 4t d4ng3r d0t com