Twitter Bot loop

backend/app_be/admin.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
+from app_be.models import Tweet
 
 # Register your models here.
+admin.site.register(Tweet)

backend/app_be/apps.py

@@ -3,3 +3,10 @@ from django.apps import AppConfig
 
 class AppBeConfig(AppConfig):
     name = 'app_be'
+
+    def ready(self):
+
+        from app_be.views.twitter_bot import twitter_bot
+        twitter_bot1 = twitter_bot()
+        twitter_bot1.start()
+        print("bot started")

backend/app_be/models.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class FeedEntry(models.Model):
 
 
 class Tweet(models.Model):
-    icon = models.ForeignKey(Icon, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+    icon = models.ForeignKey(Icon, on_delete=models.CASCADE,null=True)
     text = models.CharField(max_length=137)
     date_time = models.DateTimeField()
     url = models.CharField(max_length=100)

backend/app_be/settings.py

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ DEBUG = True
 # Application definition
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
-    'app_be',
+    'app_be.apps.AppBeConfig',
     'django.contrib.admin',
     'django.contrib.auth',
     'django.contrib.contenttypes',

backend/app_be/urls.py

@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@ from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import path
 from rest_framework.routers import DefaultRouter
 from app_be.views.rest_api import *
-from app_be.views.twitter import *
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
     url(r'^api/login', LoginClass.login),
     url(r'^getSixTweets', TwitterClass.getLastSixTweets),
-    url(r'^getTweleveTweets',TwitterClass.getLastSixTweets)
+    url(r'^getTwelveTweets',TwitterClass.getLastSixTweets)
 ]
 
 router = DefaultRouter()

backend/app_be/views/twitter.py

@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-import twitter
-import os
-import sched, time, datetime
-import asyncio
-import sys
-
-from app_be.models import Tweet
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-
-load_dotenv()
-
-api = twitter.Api(consumer_key=os.getenv('TWITTER_API_KEY'),
-                  consumer_secret=os.getenv('TWITTER_API_SECRET'),
-                  access_token_key=os.getenv('TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN'),
-                  access_token_secret=os.getenv('TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET'))
-
-
-class twitter_api:
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def check_credentials():
-        print(api.VerifyCredentials())
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def get_last_six_tweets():
-        last_six = Tweet.objects.all().order_by('-id')[:6]
-        print(last_six)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def get_last_twelve_tweets():
-        last_twelve = Tweet.objects.all().order_by('-id')[:12]
-        print(last_twelve)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def post_update(text, url):
-        update = text + ": " + url
-        api.PostUpdate(update)
-
-
-class twitter_bot:
-
-    def scan_active_feed(self):
-
-        starttime = time.time()
-
-        while True:
-            # Search RSS Feeds TODO: for looping over feeds
-            print("Looking for new results in active feeds")
-
-            new_tweet = Tweet()
-            new_tweet.icon = None
-            new_tweet.text = "Test 1"
-            new_tweet.date_time = datetime.datetime.now()
-            new_tweet.url = "www.google.com"
-
-            # if tweet not in db yet
-            if Tweet.objects.filter(text=new_tweet.text) == []:
-                # call twitter api to post tweet and store to db
-                print("Posting update on Twitter")
-                twitter_api.post_update(new_tweet.text, new_tweet.url)
-                new_tweet.save()
-
-            time.sleep(60.0 - ((time.time() - starttime) % 60.0))
-
-
-if 'runserver' in sys.argv:
-    twitter_bot = twitter_bot()
-    twitter_bot.scan_active_feed()

backend/app_be/views/twitter_api.py

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import twitter
+import os
+from app_be.models import Tweet
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+api = twitter.Api(consumer_key=os.getenv('TWITTER_API_KEY'),
+                  consumer_secret=os.getenv('TWITTER_API_SECRET'),
+                  access_token_key=os.getenv('TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN'),
+                  access_token_secret=os.getenv('TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET'))
+
+
+class twitter_api:
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def check_credentials():
+        print(api.VerifyCredentials())
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_last_six_tweets():
+        last_six = Tweet.objects.all().order_by('-id')[:6]
+        print(last_six)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_last_twelve_tweets():
+        last_twelve = Tweet.objects.all().order_by('-id')[:12]
+        print(last_twelve)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def post_update(text, url):
+        update = text + ": " + url
+        api.PostUpdate(update)

backend/app_be/views/twitter_bot.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import threading
+from datetime import datetime
+import time
+
+from app_be.models import Tweet
+from app_be.views.twitter_api import twitter_api
+
+
+class twitter_bot(threading.Thread):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
+
+    def run(self):
+        while True:
+            # Search RSS Feeds TODO: for looping over feeds
+            print("Looking for new results in active feeds")
+
+            new_tweet = Tweet()
+            new_tweet.icon = None
+            new_tweet.text = "Test 2"
+            new_tweet.date_time = datetime.now()
+            new_tweet.url = "www.google.com"
+
+            # if tweet not in db yet
+            if Tweet.objects.filter(text=new_tweet.text) == []:
+                # call twitter api to post tweet and store to db
+                print("Posting update on Twitter")
+                twitter_api.post_update(new_tweet.text, new_tweet.url)
+                new_tweet.save()
+
+            time.sleep(60)

backend/setup.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ setup(name='waecm-2021-group-04',
           'oauthlib==3.1.0',
           'py-jwt-validator==0.6.0',
           'python-twitter==3.5',
-          'python-dotenv==0.17.1'
+          'python-dotenv==0.17.1',
       ],
       license='BSD License',  # example license
       description='DESCRIPTION')