def handle_tweet_posting(text, reply_id, test=False):
"""Sends a tweet to twitter, making sure it is not repeated and logs
it to our log file. If no non repeated or non banned images found, return
False. If operation was succesful, return True.
text = text to be tweeted,
reply_id = the id of the tweet we'll be replying to,
test = if bot was executed with test flag or not.
"""
log = config.log_file
tolerance = config.tolerance
banned_list = config.banned_file
media, amount_media_available = get_random_image_from_folder(config.source_folder)
t = status.Tweet(media, text, reply_id)
tolerance = 0
while t.is_already_tweeted(log, tolerance) or t.is_banned(banned_list):
new_media = get_random_image_from_folder(config.source_folder)
t.change_media(new_media)
tolerance += 1
if tolerance >= amount_media_available:
return False
if not test:
tweet_id = t.post_to_twitter(api)
log_line = logger.log_line(post_number, tweet_id, media, reply_id)
else:
# if it was a test, don't post it and mark the log line as such
log_line = logger.log_line(post_number, 'TEST_ID', "TEST_PATH", reply_id)
logger.add_line_to_log(log_line, log)
return True
def post_tweet(text, reply_id, test=False):
"""Actually sends a tweet to twitter"""
tweet = status.Tweet()
media = tweet.media(config.source_folder)
tweet_text = tweet.text(text)
log = config.log_file
tolerance = config.tolerance
banned_list = config.banned_file
already_tweeted = status.is_already_tweeted(log, media, tolerance)
banned = status.is_banned(banned_list, media)
if already_tweeted or banned:
return post_tweet(text, reply_id) # just try again
if not test:
status.tweet(media, tweet_text, reply_id, api)
logger.addPost(media, reply_id, log)
if test:
logger.addPost(media, "TEST", log)
def create_tweet(text, reply_id, test=False):
"""Creates an instance of a tweet"""
log = config.log_file
tolerance = config.tolerance
banned_list = config.banned_file
media = get_random_image_from_folder(config.source_folder)
t = status.Tweet(media, text, reply_id)
while t.is_already_tweeted(log, tolerance) or t.is_banned(banned_list):
new_media = get_random_image_from_folder(config.source_folder)
t.change_media(new_media)
if not test:
tweet_id = t.post_to_twitter(api)
log_line = logger.logLine(post_number, tweet_id, media, reply_id)
if test:
log_line = logger.logLine(post_number, 'TEST_ID', "TEST_PATH",
reply_id)
logger.addLineToLog(log_line, log)