Description

<aside> 💡 The following project creates a step-by-step tutorial (posted on Medium) on how to use GitHub Actions and Python for automation. As part of the project an X (former Twitter) BOT was created by scraping data from a website, consuming the X API and posting daily about Brazilian Holidays.

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Keywords

• Python
• Web scrap
• CI/CD (GitHub Actions)
• API

Task List

• Setting up the environment for your BOT
  • Create a Twitter account
  • Set it as an automated Account
  • Create a Twitter Developer Account
  • Set up to get API and CLIENT SECRET and KEY
  • Create a new GitHub Repository
  • Set Twitter API secrets as GitHub Environment Secrets
• CI/CD and GitHub Actions
  • Create .github/workflows/ path in your repository
  • Create .yml
  • Set triggers
  • Set a runner image
  • Set Python version(s)
  • Set job
  • Set requirements.txt
  • Load Environment Keys into .yml
  • Set runner to execute your main.py file
• Python files
  • Create a func.py file (or any other .py files)
  • Check your requirements.txt and imported libs
  • Load Environment Keys
  • Instantiate tt.Client()
  • Create the main.py file
  • Import everything into main.py
  • Check name
  • Set main.py to run your functions
  • Test your pipeline by committing/pushing

Final Product

Dia de que? (@DiadequeDia) on X

External Links

1. GitHub repository

GitHub - gabrielbelolima/ttBot

1. Medium step-by-step tutorials

Eng version