Discord twitter -> fxtwitter bot

Updates peoples' twitter links to fxtwitter, when the former fails to embed, or e.g. has video, in which case the built-in discord video player is often better than the twitter embed one.

Usage

Runs on discord.py. Virtualenv and pip are recommended to manage library versions, in case other python applications run on the same machine.

Initial setup

Install virtualenv and pip, and clone the project. Navigate to the repository directory, and run the following commands (assuming a bourne-like shell; usage of other shells is left as an exercise to the reader):

$ virtualenv venv           # or python3 -m venv venv
$ source venv/bin/activate  # on windows: venv\Scripts\activate.bat
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Copy config.py.sample and rename it to config.py, then add your bot token into the file.

Running the bot

Simply run the main.py script:

$ python3 main.py

Systemd

Alternatively, you can use the bundled systemd service file. Note that you will need to edit the ExecStart command to point to the location of your daemon.sh file.