#!/usr/bin/env python """ A Twitter bot that polls an RSS feed and posts its entries as tweets, with auto-generated hashtags. For extra mischief, replies to the bot are responded to using a basic Eliza implementation. After installing, the 'babbler' command will be available which you can use to run the bot. Data will be stored in the current directory. """ __version__ = "0.3.4" def main(): """ Main entry point for the program. """ from babbler.bot import Bot bot = Bot(description=__doc__.strip(), version=__version__) if bot.data["options"]["destroy"]: # Reset all data and delete tweets if specified. bot.destroy() elif bot.data["options"]["kill"]: # Kill a previously started daemon. if bot.kill(): print "Daemon killed" else: print "Couldn't kill daemon" elif bot.data["options"]["edit_data"]: # Run a Python shell for editing data. bot.edit() elif bot.data["options"]["daemonize"]: # Start a new daemon. bot.run(as_daemon=True) print "Daemon started" else: # Start in the foreground. try: bot.run() except KeyboardInterrupt: print print "Quitting" if __name__ == "__main__": import os, sys; sys.path.insert(0, os.getcwd()) main()