Python Tutorial 49 – Twitter Post Automation Using Tweepy and Twitter API

There are three main components to automate the Twitter post-blast, which are the Python script, media library, and schedule module. In this Python Tutorial, I would walk you through how to code the Twitter post automation script that connects with the Google Sheets and add schedule modules.

• Twitter App Creation and Authentication
• Post Content Prepared Upfront Saved on Google Sheet
• Update_status & update_status_with_media
• Schedule module
• Full Python Script of Twitter Post Automation

Python modules: tweepy, gspread, schedule, Tweet API access token

Twitter App Authentication

Compared to my previous article regarding Twitter bot scraping influencers and grabbing sentiment data, Twitter posts need one more step to authenticate your app. This is the user authentication setting. For more details regarding Twitter developer accounts, please refer to this article.

There are three key steps we need to update in the authentication process. First thing first, we select the app permission in a read and write mode, instead of only read mode. This is essentially different from the Twitter bot.

Then, we need to input the redirect URL and website URl. You can refer to my inputs or set up a localhost URI based on the needs.

• Callback URI / Redirect URL: https://twitter.com/easy2digitals
• Website URL: http://www.easy2digital.com

Manage to-be-posted content upfront on Google Sheet

In one Google sheet tab, we are able to prepare all elements a Tweet needs, such as post body, photos, landing URLs. And if you have other channels blasting the same piece of post, you also can centralize to manage there 

For more details regarding how to install and import gspread, please check out previous Python Tutorials. Basically, we need to import gspread, create a Google credential account in the Google APIs Console, and get access to the Google Sheet you manage content.

In terms of the scope of Google API, the automation needs google drive, and google sheet read and write.

Import gspread

from googleapiclient.discovery import build

from oauth2client.service_account import ServiceAccountCredentials

scope = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets','https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file','https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive']

creds = ServiceAccountCredentials.from_json_keyfile_name('yourGooglecredential.json',scope)

client = gspread.authorize(creds)

sh = client.open('sheetname')

worksheet = sh.get_worksheet(cell position)

Update_status & update_status_with_media

In the Tweepy post update, there are two methods we can use. One is the update_status which is posting a tweet where it includes text, links. The other is, which is attaching a photo separately instead of using the detected images from the URL link. Below is a screencap from my Twitter posts. I personally prefer to use update_status, because users can click through the photo to the website.

Schedule Module

Python schedule module helps developers to automate executing the tasks as long as the device is in running status, like a laptop. So if you are a social marketer on day, you can use this module to help you blast the content automatically. The only cons of this approach are your device must be open. 

# After every 10mins easy2digital() is called. 

schedule.every(10).minutes.do(easy2digital)

# After every hour easy2digital() is called.

schedule.every().hour.do(geeks)

# Every day at 12am or 00:00 time easy2digital() is called.

schedule.every().day.at("00:00").do(easy2digital)

# After every 5 to 10mins in between run easy2digital()

schedule.every(5).to(10).minutes.do(easy2digital)

# Every monday easy2digital() is called

schedule.every().monday.do(easy2digital)

# Every tuesday at 18:00 easy2digital() is called

schedule.every().tuesday.at("18:00").do(easy2digital)  

# Loop so that the scheduling task

# keeps on running all the time.

while True:

    # Checks whether a scheduled task 

    # is pending to run or not

    schedule.run_pending()

    time.sleep(1)

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