Command line tools¶
Twitter Bot Utils comes with the tbu command line tool, which has several subcommands:
- tbu auth
- tbu follow
- tbu like
- tbu post
tbu auth¶
usage: tbu auth [-h] [-c file] [--app app] [-s] [--consumer-key key]
[--consumer-secret secret] [-V]
Authorize an account with a twitter application.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-c file config file
--app app app name in config file
-s, --save Save details to config file
--consumer-key key consumer key (aka consumer token)
--consumer-secret secret
consumer secret
-V, --version show program's version number and exit
tbu follow¶
usage: tbu follow [options] screen_name
automatic following and unfollowing
positional arguments:
screen_name
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-U, --unfollow Unfollow those who don't follow you
-c PATH, --config PATH
bots config file (json or yaml)
-n, --dry-run Don't actually do anything
-v, --verbose Run talkatively
-q, --quiet Run quietly
-V, --version show program's version number and exit
tbu like¶
usage: tbu like [options] screen_name
fave/like mentions
positional arguments:
screen_name
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-c PATH, --config PATH
bots config file (json or yaml)
-n, --dry-run Don't actually do anything
-v, --verbose Run talkatively
-q, --quiet Run quietly
-V, --version show program's version number and exit
tbu post¶
usage: tbu post screen_name "update" [options]
Post text to a given twitter account
positional arguments:
screen_name
update
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-m MEDIA_FILE, --media-file MEDIA_FILE
-c PATH, --config PATH
bots config file (json or yaml)
-n, --dry-run Don't actually do anything
-v, --verbose Run talkatively
-q, --quiet Run quietly