Twitter bots are automated processes that can respond to user input through the Twitter API. There are several examples of Twitter bots including RSS bots that tweet whenever an RSS feed is updated, channel bots that echo direct messages to the public timeline, and Werewolf bots that direct message players about their roles in an online game. Creating Twitter bots typically involves setting up a cron job to automate the process.

1. Twitter Bots what they are and how to make them Neil Crosby - twitbot.com

2. What’s Twitter? You all know already. But if you don’t… SMS length mini updates of your life.

3. What’s a Bot? Automated process that responds to user input.

4. Twitter API I’ve created an encapsulation in PHP. This makes things easy. $api = new Twitter($uname, $pword); $messages = $api->directMessages->direct_messages(); $api->status->update( ”tweet tweet" ); $followers = $api->user->followers();

5. Examples of Twitter Bots RSS Channel Werewolf Web Service “Friendly”

6. RSS Bot Tell it to watch an RSS feed. Whenever the feed is updated, it tweets. E.g. TenWordReview, ttwr

7. Channel Bot Bot echos any direct messages out to the public timeline. Only people following the bot see these messages. Thus, we achieve channels in Twitter. E.g. yahoofood

8. Werewolf Bot Written for yesterday “ d werebot wwwhs cbetta fatbusinessman mseckington cazm cubicgarden ginader niqui phae aral SteveMarshall cackhanded” w erewolf, h ealer, s eer Direct messages each player to tell them what they are. No cards required. E.g. werebot

9. Web Service Bot More complicated (but still not very). Takes input from user. Passes input to web service. Direct messages user with result of web service call. No working example yet (ttwr soon).

10. “ Friendly” Bot Keeps track of who’s following him and then friends them. Vital for easy management of channel, werewolf and web service bots. Currently unimplemented (oh noes).

11. Where’s the Automated? Cron job!

12. Here’s the Code! http: //twitbot .com/download

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