coo: Schedule Twitter updates¶
Coo is an easy to use Python library for scheduling Twitter updates. To use it, you need to first apply for a developer account in the Twitter Developers Platform and generate the Keys and Access Tokens.
from coo import Coo
at = Coo(
"consumer_key",
"consumer_secret",
"access_token",
"access_token_secret"
)
tweets = [
("2030-12-05 16:30", template, "Awesome Twitter update."),
("2030-10-28 18:50", template, "Another awesome Twitter update."),
("2030-10-29 18:15", template2, "One more update."),
("2030-11-01 13:45", None, "Twitter update without a template."),
at.schedule(tweets, time_zone="America/Santiago")
Or you can use a list of strings and add a delay, interval and template:
tweets = [
"My first awesome Twitter Update",
"My second awesome Twitter Update",
"My third awesome Twitter Update",
"My fourth awesome Twitter Update",
"My fifth awesome Twitter Update",
"My sixth awesome Twitter Update",
]
at.tweet(tweets, delay="13:45", interval="four_hours", template=my_template)
User Guide¶
Schedule Twitter Updates¶
Schedule updates with datetime strings or integers and use custom Templates if needed.
Coo.schedule(updates, time_zone)
Full example:
from coo import Coo
at = Coo(
"consumer_key",
"consumer_secret",
"access_token",
"access_token_secret"
)
tweets = [
# datetime with and without templates
("2030-10-28 18:50", template, "My Twitter update with a template."),
("2030-10-29 18:15", template2, "Update with a different template."),
("2030-11-01 13:45", None, "Twitter update without a template."),
# date with and without templates
("2030-12-25", template3, "Merry christmas!"),
("2031-01-01", None, "And a happy new year!"),
# time with and without templates
("18:46", template2, "Will be post today at 18:46."),
("23:00", None, "A tweet for today at 23:00."),
# integer (seconds) with and without templates
(3600, template, "This tweet will be posted in an hour."),
(86400, None, "This one, tomorrow at the same hour."),
]
at.schedule(tweets, time_zone="America/Santiago")
Parsing DateTime strings¶
Note
- If a time zone is not specified, it will set to local.
- The time will be set to 00:00:00 if it’s not specified.
- When passing only time information the date will default to today.
- A future date is needed, otherwise a ScheduleError is raised.
Here you can find all the Time Zones.
Media Files¶
There are two ways to add media files to your tweets. The first and easiest is to use one global file for all the updates:
at.schedule(tweets, time_zone="America/Santiago", media="path/to/file.png")
Also, an individual file can be set for each one of the updates:
tweets = [
("2030-10-28 18:50", template, "Update with an image.", "pics/owl.png"),
("2030-10-29 18:15", template, "Update with other media.", "videos/funny_video.mp4"),
("2030-11-01 13:45", template, "Tweet without media."),
]
Finally, it is possible to combine these to ways. For example, if most of the tweets are gonna use the same media and just a few will have a different or none:
tweets = [
("2030-11-01 13:45", template, "Tweet with global media."),
("2030-11-02 13:45", template, "Tweet with global media."),
("2030-11-03 13:45", template, "Tweet with global media."),
("2030-11-04 13:45", template, "Tweet with global media."),
("2030-11-05 13:45", template, "Tweet with global media."),
("2030-11-06 13:45", template, "Tweet with global media."),
("2030-11-07 13:45", template, "Tweet with global media."),
("2030-11-08 13:45", template, "Tweet without media.", None),
("2030-11-09 13:45", template, "Tweet without media.", None),
("2030-12-10 18:50", template, "Update with an image.", "pics/owl.png"),
("2030-12-11 18:15", template, "Update with other media.", "videos/funny_video.mp4"),
]
at.schedule(tweets, time_zone="America/Santiago", media="path/to/global_media.png")
Templates¶
You can set different templates for each one of your updates, or none.
tweets = [
# datetime with and without templates
("2030-10-28 18:50", template, "My Twitter update with a template."),
("2030-10-29 18:15", template2, "Update with a different template."),
("2030-11-01 13:45", None, "Twitter update without a template."),
]
at.schedule(tweets, time_zone="America/Santiago")
Templates are very simple, just use a multiline string and add a $message where you want your message to appear.
template = """My aswesome header
$message
#python #coding #coo
"""
Schedule a list of strings¶
Post ordered updates with Delay, Interval, and a Template if needed.
Coo.tweet(updates, delay, interval, template, time_zone)
from coo import Coo
at = Coo(
"consumer_key",
"consumer_secret",
"access_token",
"access_token_secret"
)
tweets = [
"My first awesome Twitter Update",
"My second awesome Twitter Update",
"My third awesome Twitter Update",
"My fourth awesome Twitter Update",
"My fifth awesome Twitter Update",
"My sixth awesome Twitter Update",
]
# post the twitter updates
at.tweet(tweets)
Delay¶
You can use datetime, date and time strings, integers as seconds and some
Keywords: half_hour, one_hour, one_day and one_week between others to
delay the post of your first update.
# datetime, date and time strings
at.tweet(tweets, delay="2030-11-24 13:45", time_zone="America/Santiago")
at.tweet(tweets, delay="2030-11-24", time_zone="Australia/Sydney")
at.tweet(tweets, delay="13:45", time_zone="America/New_York")
# "keywords"
at.tweet(tweets, delay="one_week")
# integer
at.tweet(tweets, delay=604800)
Note
When parsing DateTime strings:
- If a time zone is not specified, it will set to local.
- The time will be set to 00:00:00 if it’s not specified.
- When passing only time information the date will default to today.
- A future date is needed, otherwise a ScheduleError is raised.
Here you can find all the Time Zones.
Interval¶
Use integers as seconds or some strings as Keywords: half_hour, one_hour,
one_day and one_week between others.
# "keywords"
at.tweet(tweets, interval="four_hours")
# integers
at.tweet(tweets, interval=14400)
Media files¶
Use one media file for all of your updates:
at.tweet(tweets, media="path/to/media.jpeg")
Keywords¶
| Keyword | Seconds |
|---|---|
| now | 0 |
| half_hour | 1800 |
| one_hour | 3600 |
| two_hours | 7200 |
| four_hours | 14400 |
| six_hours | 21600 |
| eight_hours | 28800 |
| ten_hours | 36000 |
| twelve_hours | 43200 |
| fourteen_hours | 50400 |
| sixteen_hours | 57600 |
| eighteen_hours | 64800 |
| twenty_hours | 72000 |
| twenty_two_hours | 79200 |
| one_day | 86400 |
| two_days | 172800 |
| three_days | 259200 |
| four_days | 345600 |
| five_days | 432000 |
| six_days | 518400 |
| one_week | 604800 |
Template¶
You can also set one template for each one of the updates.
at.tweet(tweets, template=template)
Templates are very simple, just use a multiline string and add a $message where you want your message to appear.
template = """My aswesome header
$message
#python #coding #coo
"""
The Twitter API¶
Coo is written using the Python Twitter wrapper, and through Coo.api you gain access to all of his models:
# get your followers
followers = at.api.GetFollowers()
# get your direct messages
d_messages = at.api.GetDirectMessages()
# favorited tweets
favorites = at.api.GetFavorites()
# mentions
mentions = at.api.GetMentions()
# retweets
retweets = at.api.GetRetweets()
And a lot more. If you are interested, check their documentation.