# XKCD Twitter Bot

This is the code that reads the rss feed from xkcd and posts to [@xkcd_bot](http://twitter.com/xkcd_bot).

I made this when I noticed [@xkcdbot](http://twitter.com/xkcdbot) hasn't updated in a while.  Afterwards I realized there's [@xkcdrss](http://twitter.com/xkcdrss).  Still leaving this around since I spent an entire, like, hour doing this and may be useful for people that want to do their own twitter bot of some sort.

## Setup

Since twitter only allows oauth--even for automated posting by yourself--I had to create an app at http://dev.twitter.com.  They let you generate oauth credentials for your user, which is what I did.

## Requirements

* tweepy - which is included in package
* feedparser - not included so make sure it's installed

# XKCD Twitter Bot [![Project Status](http://stillmaintained.com/vrillusions/xkcd-twitter-bot.png)](http://stillmaintained.com/vrillusions/xkcd-twitter-bot)

This is the code that reads the rss feed from xkcd and posts to [@xkcd_bot](http://twitter.com/xkcd_bot).

I made this when I noticed [@xkcdbot](http://twitter.com/xkcdbot) hasn't updated in a while.  Afterwards I realized there's [@xkcdrss](http://twitter.com/xkcdrss).  Still leaving this around since I spent an entire, like, hour doing this and may be useful for people that want to do their own twitter bot of some sort.

## Setup

Since twitter only allows oauth--even for automated posting by yourself--I had to create an app at http://dev.twitter.com.  They let you generate oauth credentials for your user, which is what I did.

## Requirements

* tweepy - which is included in package
* feedparser - not included so make sure it's installed

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