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Now [[ProjectMember::User:Perforin|Perforin]] ([http://twitter.com/virii/ @virii]) took the project over and rewrote it in perl.
 
Now [[ProjectMember::User:Perforin|Perforin]] ([http://twitter.com/virii/ @virii]) took the project over and rewrote it in perl.
  
 
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Tweet2cat is a perl Feed reader and twitter bot.
Tweet2Cat is a perl Feed reader and Twitter bot.
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It tweets the newest feed entries and can answers some questions via Twitter.
It tweets the newest feed entries and can answer via Twitter if the Hackerspace is currently open or not.
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Of course tweet2cat uses OAuth authentication.
It uses the Oauth authentication which requires that you get up and activate this skript by yourself!
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=== Installation ===
 
=== Installation ===
  
Before you can run this script you may have to download the used modules. This can be done by this command:
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See the Installation POD in tweet2cat!
 
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cpan
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install Net::Twitter
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install XML::Feed
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install WWW::Shorten::Bitly
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install Crypt::SSLeay;
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If Crypt::SSLeay fails you need to install libssl-dev first! --> apt-get install libssl-dev
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or under Windows with ActivePerl
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ppm install Net::Twitter
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ppm install XML::Feed
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ppm install WWW::Shorten::Bitly
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Crypt::SSLeay is only available for Strawberry Perl and not ActivePerl! If you cannot change to Strawberry Perl
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you cannot gather feeds behind a https URL!!!
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LWP::Simple is always installed by default so you are done so far ;)
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Then you need to start tweet2cat with the --install parameter! Follow the instructions...
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Now you are ready! :)
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=== Configuration ===
 
=== Configuration ===

Revision as of 16:08, 7 September 2010

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summarize syn2cat feeds to twitter automatically
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Type: software
Repository: svn://hackerspace.lu/tweet2cat/tags/rel_0.4.1
Status: running
Members: Perforin
Contact Person: Perforin (mail)
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tweet2cat

Welcome to the project homepage for the tweet2cat.

 Introduction

Tweet2cat ( pronounced "TweetyCate") is a Software Project by syn2cat (Luxembourg's Hackerspace) which was developed by

Now Perforin (@virii) took the project over and rewrote it in perl.

Tweet2cat is a perl Feed reader and twitter bot. It tweets the newest feed entries and can answers some questions via Twitter. Of course tweet2cat uses OAuth authentication.

Installation

See the Installation POD in tweet2cat!

Configuration

Everything you want to change can be done in the %config Hash!

Used by

If you're using tweet2cat, please leave a link to your site or better yet, the twitter account you're posting to.

Development

Recode

The recode is done! :D I just finished version 0.01 of tweet2cat [Perl Edition].

This includes the following features:

  • Tweets the latest post from our PLANET and the Wiki
  • Tweets if our hackerspace just opened or closed
  • Tweet2Cat can by asked on twitter if the Space is open. Tweet this: @syn2cat Hackerspace status
  • URLs are shortened by bit.ly
  • Tweet2Cat uses OAuth for authentication!

Source code will be available soon! :)

Source

Wanna check it out?

The latest stable release, which is posting to Tweet2cat on Twitter is @

svn checkout svn://hackerspace.lu/tweet2cat/tags/rel_0.4.1

The current development line is @

svn co svn://hackerspace.lu/tweet2cat/trunk

Tracker

There is a tracker @ https://www.hackerspace.lu/trac/tweet2cat

You may want to report bugs or request new features over there.

Patches

Please file patches to the trac environment

Any questions go to Azunix.

Plugins

Some exemplary plugins can be found on the by checking out

svn co svn://hackerspace.lu/tweet2cat/plugins
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