npmawesome-bot

The bot which is responsible for filling the @npmawesome Twitter account when new picks arrive on npmawesome.com.

Installation

Install with npm.

npm i -g npmawesome-bot

Configuration

The bot will create an configuration file in your home directory on the initial run ($HOME/.npmawesomebotrc).

{
    "feed": {
        "uri": "http://feeds.feedburner.com/npmawesome?format=xml",
        "interval": 300000
    },
    "twitter": {
        "apiKey": "The Twitter API api key.",
        "apiSecret": "The Twitter API api secret.",
        "accessToken": "The Twitter API access token",
        "accessTokenSecret": "The Twitter API access token secret"    
    }
}

CLI usage

Examples:
  npmawesome-bot --watch    "Realtime" #npmawesome updates.


Options:
  --watch    You will see new #npmawesome posts as they arrive!  [required]
  --quiet    No stdout output.
  --dry-run  No fear, no Twitter interaction in this mode. :)

Changelog

Version 0.2.0 (Future)

• Spec for the Twitter API abstraction

Version 0.1.0 (20140418)

• FeedEmitter for observing the #npmawesome feed.
• Twitter API abstraction ("if there is a new #npmawesome pick, send a tweet")

Author

Copyright 2014, André König (andre.koenig@posteo.de)