Class: TrumpcareTracker::TweetBot

Inherits:
RakeTask
  • Object
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Includes:
RakeTask::Methods
Defined in:
lib/trumpcare_tracker/tweet_bot.rb

Overview

Provide a tweet bot that can be run as a rake task

require ‘trumpcare_tracker/tweet_bot’ TrumpcareTracker::TweetBot.new(‘screen_user_name’) do

"Text for optional intro tweet to thread"

end

$ bundle exec rake tracker:tweet_bot

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from RakeTask::Methods

#audit_rep, #audit_tweets, #handles, #mentions_mapper, #reps

Constructor Details

#initialize(screen_name, &first_tweet_block) ⇒ TweetBot

Returns a new instance of TweetBot.



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# File 'lib/trumpcare_tracker/tweet_bot.rb', line 17

def initialize(screen_name, &first_tweet_block)
  namespace(:tracker) do
    desc 'Audit Trumpcare tweet activity and post a thread of updates'

    task(:tweet_bot) do
      tracker = TrumpcareTracker.new('TrumpCareTracker', screen_name)
      tweet = Twitter::Tweet.new(id: nil)
      first_tweet = tracker.client.update(first_tweet_block.call) if block_given?
      reps.each_with_index do |rep, i|
        next if rep.twitter.nil?
        reply_to_tweet = if i.zero?
                           first_tweet
                         else
                           tweet
                         end

        begin
          tweet = post(rep, i, reply_to_tweet)
        rescue Twitter::Error => e
          puts e.message
          puts 'Waiting 5 minutes to see if the issue can be resolved.'
          sleep(300)
          tweet = post(rep, i, reply_to_tweet)
        rescue Twitter::Error => e
          puts e.message
          puts 'Waiting 5 more minutes to try one more time. '\
            'If there\'s another exception I\'ll let it fail'
          sleep(300)
          tweet = post(rep, i, reply_to_tweet)
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

Instance Method Details

#post(rep, index, reply_to_tweet) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/trumpcare_tracker/tweet_bot.rb', line 52

def post(rep, index, reply_to_tweet)
  puts "Sending requests to Twitter API for #{rep.official_full}"
  tracker = TrumpcareTracker.new(rep.official_full, rep.twitter)
  tweet = tracker.to_tweet(in_reply_to_status: reply_to_tweet)
  sleep(rand(1..5))
  contacts = "#{rep.official_full}\n"\
              "#{rep.office_locations.map { |off| "#{off.city} - #{off.phone}" }.join("\n")}"
  while contacts.length > 140
    contacts = contacts.split("\n")[0..-2].join("\n")
  end
  tweet = tracker.client.update(contacts, in_reply_to_status: tweet)
  puts "#{index + 1} down. Pausing for some time to avoid hitting API rate limit."
  sleep(rand(30..60))
  tweet
end