Twitter Tech News Bot

An automated Twitter bot that fetches and posts the latest tech news at regular intervals.

Features

• Fetches the latest tech news using NewsAPI
• Automatically generates relevant hashtags
• Tweets news articles every 3 hours
• Lightweight and easy to configure

Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• Twitter API credentials
• NewsAPI key

Setup

1. Clone the repository

git clone git@github.com:selimAP/techRadar24.git
cd techRadar24

2. Create and activate a virtual environment

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Create a .env file with your API keys

Create a file named .env in the project root directory and add the following content:

TWITTER_API_KEY=your_api_key
TWITTER_API_SECRET_KEY=your_api_secret_key
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_access_token
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=your_access_token_secret
TWITTER_BEARER_TOKEN=your_bearer_token
NEWS_API_KEY=your_newsapi_key

Usage

To start the bot, run:

python bot.py