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A couple of days ago, @planetenamek asked me if I could code a bot that would tweet all the new resteems coming from a specified account. I really liked the idea and immediately started working on it. After encountering lots and lots of technical issues that made me progress quite slowly, I'm finally ready to announce my new creation to you. This bot is called Tweem and if you are used to share your Steem activity on Twitter, it just might save you some time while also making the process of promoting Steem on Twitter simpler.
What is Tweem all about ?
Tweem is a bot that filters the new Steem blockchain operations and detects the new posts and resteems coming from a specified set of accounts. The posts obtained are then shared on Twitter, you don't even have to lift your finger ! It is necessary that you deploy this bot by yourself, refer to the instructions available on its GitHub page to learn more about that. You can see on the screenshot below an example of a tweet that was automatically sent by the bot when I resteemed a post made by @fundition. The relevant post data is included in the tweet, that is its title, its tags and a link to read it in its entirety.
Configure Tweem as much as you like !
Everyone has their own preferences, that's why Tweem aims to be as much configurable as possible. You can change the used nodes, the accounts to watch for, the way mentions and tags are handled, what should be included in the tweet... Of course, if you only want to tweet new posts or only new resteems, you can do that too. The bot configuration is done with a file named config.json, this file is explained in great detail on the GitHub page of this project. Don't worry if you have no clue what JSON is, it is not complicated at all to understand. However, if you are lost, you can contact me on Discord (RagePeanut#8078) or directly under one of my posts.
Choose what kind of links to authorize !
When a post is published on the Steem blockchain, it is more often than not intended to be read with the same application it came from. Even between Steemit and Busy, some posts change completely to the point that they don't even look alike (e.g. Steemit - Busy). That's why Tweem looks for the application from which the post was published and creates a link to its website if it supports viewing posts. For that to happen though, applications need to be known by the bot, otherwise it will link to Steemit. You can disable "intelligent" links site by site in the config.json file, these links will then no longer redirect to the website posts originated from but to Steemit. Here is a full list of websites that are known by the bot and that support viewing posts.
| Website | Official description |
|---|---|
| BeScouted | Photography community that rewards for creating quality content. |
| Busy | Ensuring compensation for the creators of value. |
| DLive | The first decentralized live streaming and video platform for you to share original content, and earn feeless rewards directly from your viewers. |
| dMania | Make money with memes, funny pictures and videos. |
| DSound | Decentralized Sound Platform. |
| DTube | The first crypto-decentralized video platform, built on top of the STEEM Blockchain and the IPFS peer-to-peer network. |
| Fundition | A next-generation, decentralized, peer-to-peer crowdfunding and collaboration platform. |
| Parley | The place where conversations happen. |
| Steemhunt | A Steem Fueled Product Hunt. |
| Steemit | A social media platform where everyone gets paid for creating and curating content. |
| SteemKR | Korean version of Steemit. |
| Steepshot | Platform that rewards people for sharing their lifestyle and visual experience. |
| Utopian | Rewarding Open Source Contributors. |
| Zappl | Decentralized censorship resistant micro blogging Social Media site that pays. |
If you are working on a website that can read and write posts but it's not in this list, let me know by commenting this post ! I'll add it as soon as I see your comment.
What's coming next ?
- A written tutorial to help you run your own instance of Tweem: this tutorial will be precise and aimed at people knowing nothing about JSON and/or deploying an application on Heroku.
- A better stream: the current stream is alright but it's not that good, the new stream I'm working on will miss less operations which means that it will be more reliable.
- Specifying the author of a post in a customizable text added to the tweet content.
- Two user lists: one for posts, the other one for resteems.
- A special case processing for Twitter-like posts: Busy's quick posts, Zappl...
- A better processing of resteems containing a comment: when they will be made available on Steem.
Contributions
If you want to contribute to this project or talk about an issue it has, feel free to visit its GitHub page. You can also clone it and follow the instructions written there to get it running. My social medias are listed at the end of the README.md file. If you add me on Steam, tell me the reason why on my wall, otherwise I won't accept your friend request.
Language and packages used
This bot is fully written in Node.js. At the moment, it only requires two packages to work. The first one is steem.js which allows it to interact with the Steem blockchain. The second one is Twit which allows it to interact with the Twitter API. This project wouldn't exist without those two packages, if you are a developer looking to make something related to Steem/Twitter, definitely go check them out !
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