CODEWITHSUNDEEP
node.jstwitter
SashimiDude
SashimiDude

Reputation: 31

How to check stream.data to read for certain users twitterapi

So I've coded a twitter bot to respond to one particular person with one particular message assuming it's an original tweet

The code is as follows: (ids hidden)


import { TwitterApi } from 'twitter-api-v2';
import { TwitterV2IncludesHelper } from 'twitter-api-v2';

var xdsds = ""
const client = new TwitterApi({
  appKey: 'censored',
  appSecret: 'censored',
  accessToken: 'censored',
  accessSecret: 'censored',
});

async function loop(){
  const stream = await client.v2.userTimeline('censored',{
    'tweet.fields': ['referenced_tweets', 'author_id'],
    expansions: ['referenced_tweets.id', 'author_id'],
  });

  for await (const tweet of stream) {
    if(stream.data.author_id == 'censored'){
      console.log('you found a yeeyeeass mayank tweet')
    }
    xdsds = stream.data;
    console.log(xdsds)
  }

}

loop();

My primary issue now, is that I cannot sort through things based on author id as it doesn't work. Any ideas? And how can I stop it from responding to the same tweet twice/replying to replies rather then original tweets

Upvotes: 0

Views: 175

Answers (1)

jnv
jnv

Reputation: 932

To reiterate, you want to reply to any tweet posted by a particular user, which is not a reply, nor retweet. For the sake of my answer I assume that 'censored' value in client.v2.userTimeline call and stream.data.author_id comparison is the same.

Your condition doesn't check the value of the author_id for a tweet, you are accessing stream.data.author_id, but you should be checking: tweet.author_id == 'censored'.

However, there might be a better solution. Checking the user timeline API docs, there is exclude parameter. If you exclude both retweets and replies, you don't need to check the author_id altogether and you won't receive any replies:

const stream = await client.v2.userTimeline('censored', {
  exclude: 'retweets,replies'
});

To avoid responding to the same tweet twice, use either since_id, or start_time parameters to receive only tweets which were posted since your last request. You can persist the value to a disk or database so it survives between script runs.

For example (untested):

let lastTweetSince = undefined;

async function loop(){
  const stream = await client.v2.userTimeline('censored',{
    exclude: 'retweets,replies',
    since_id: lastTweetSince,
  });

  // Get the ID of the newest tweet in the response
  lastTweetSince = stream.tweets[0].id;
  
  // ...
}

(See paginator docs)

Upvotes: 1

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