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javascriptnode.jstwitterbotsnode.js-stream
user8360723
user8360723

Reputation: 23

Twitter Bot Node.js and Twit Package

PROBLEM

So im trying to create a twitter bot and everything was going fine until i tried to auto reply to users who follow me. I'am learning and was watching from this tutorial Coding Train Twitter Bot(LINK) but i seem to get this error(PHOTO) even tho i did everything exactly the same.

Im Using:

Importing Packages 

var Twit = require('twit');
var Keys = require('./private_auth_keys');
var T = new Twit(Keys);

Stream Setup.

I belive the bug is somewhere in the stream part but i dont get it... i did everything the same as the video. Maybe twitter blocked this from their API? idk what im talking about, but any feedback would be awesome.

var stream = T.stream('user');


stream.on('follow', followed);


function followed(eventMsg) {
    console.log("New Follower Reply Sent!");

    var Name = eventMsg.source.name;
    var screenName = eventMsg.source.screen_name;



tweetIt('Heyyy .@' + screenName + ' thanks for the follow! Do you like memes? #RateThatMeme');
}

Reply/Tweet Function

function tweetIt(txt) {


var tweet = {
status: txt
}


T.post('statuses/update', tweet, tweeted);


function tweeted(err, data, response) {
    if (err) {
        console.log("oof! Something went wrong!");
    } else {
         console.log("Tweet sent successfully!");

    }
  } 
}

Error Message

events.js:167 throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event ^

Error: Bad Twitter streaming request: 401 at Object.exports.makeTwitError (C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Projects Code Train\node\node2\node_modules\twit\lib\helpers.js:74:13)....etc

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1008

Answers (2)

anon
anon

Reputation:

Twitter user streams were retired in August so this code will no longer work as is.

Upvotes: 1

simka
simka

Reputation: 901

401 status code means you are not unauthenticated - there should be additional WWW-Authenticate header in response that will tell you more.

I think twitter API changed since this tutorial was recorded and you have to do a bit more now to be able to access it, this is probably a reason for 401 status. as far as I can see, the author moved to mastodon with this tutorial lately because of that.

Upvotes: 1

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