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Random Spreadsheet Tweet Bot

./index.js will pull a random cell value from a public Google Spreadsheet with tabletop and tweet it with twit
./now.js exposes a /tweet route via express to do the same

This is running right now randomly tweeting my band's lyrics once a day: https://mobile.twitter.com/Forester_TN

configure

.env

CONSUMER_KEY=pTlxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxuoY
CONSUMER_SECRET=14tNNxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSJ1R
ACCESS_TOKEN=1097xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0NPk
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=Y6k2GxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxiJk2b
GOOGLE_SHEET_URL=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F9axxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxrdQo/edit?usp=sharing
GOOGLE_SHEET_HEADER=header

GOOGLE_SHEET_URL

https://www.npmjs.com/package/tabletop#if-your-publish-to-web-url-doesnt-work

GOOGLE_SHEET_HEADER

the content of your first cell (header cell)

run

npm start

deploy

deploy to now (https://zeit.co/)
hit the /tweet route on a schedule (I use https://cron-job.org)

now.json

You can deploy ./now.js to now but you have to create a ./now.json file, and add your now secrets

{
    "name": "MyTweetBot",
    "version": 2,
    "builds": [
        { "src": "now.js", "use": "@now/node" }
    ],
    "routes": [
        { "src": "/(.*)", "dest": "now.js" }
    ],
    "env": {
        "CONSUMER_KEY": "@secret-consumer-key",
        "CONSUMER_SECRET": "@secret-consumer-secret",
        "ACCESS_TOKEN": "@secret-access-token",
        "ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET": "@secret-access-token-secret",
        "GOOGLE_SHEET_URL": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/edit?usp=sharing",
        "GOOGLE_SHEET_HEADER": "header"
    }
}

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