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TweetRace

The Great American Tweet Race

Required Packages

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install g++
sudo apt-get install python-dev
sudo apt-get install python-pygame
sudo apt-get install python-pip
sudo apt-get install swig
sudo pip install twython

On some systems, timidity might be needed to avoid errors with pygame:

sudo apt-get install timidity

Generate Twitter App Token

  • Log in to Twitter
  • Go to: https://dev.twitter.com/apps
  • User icon -> My Applications
  • Click "Create a new application" and fill out stuff
  • Once done, click "Create my access token"

How To Build

sh build.sh

How To Run

  • Fill out Twitter authentication in param.txt
  • Fill out hashtags in hashtags.txt
sudo python TweetRace.py

OR to run in Forever Mode:

sudo python TweetRaceForever.py

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