├── Procfile
├── requirements.txt
├── screen.jpeg
├── credentials.py
├── README.md
└── twitterbot.py


/Procfile:
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1 | worker: python twitterbot.py


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/requirements.txt:
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1 | tweepy==3.6.0
2 | editdistance==0.4


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/screen.jpeg:
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jsn5/fakeElonDetector/HEAD/screen.jpeg


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/credentials.py:
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1 | consumer_key = 'YOUR_CONSUMER_KEY'
2 | consumer_secret = 'YOUR_CONSUMER_SECRET'
3 | access_token = 'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN'
4 | access_token_secret = 'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET'
5 | 
6 | 


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/README.md:
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 1 | 
 2 | fakeElonDetector
 3 | ------------------
 4 | Twitter [bot](https://twitter.com/elon_fake) to detect and report fake Elon Musk accounts
 5 | 
 6 | ![screenshot](https://github.com/jsn5/fakeElonDetector/blob/master/screen.jpeg?raw=true)
 7 | 
 8 | ## Requirements
 9 | 
10 | * tweepy==3.6.0
11 | * editdistance==0.4
12 | 
13 | ## Instructions
14 | 
15 | * To set up bot on heroku follow this [tutorial](http://briancaffey.github.io/2016/04/05/twitter-bot-tutorial.html)
16 | * Get required credentials for the API from [https://apps.twitter.com/](https://apps.twitter.com/)
17 | 
18 | 


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/twitterbot.py:
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 1 | import tweepy
 2 | from credentials import *
 3 | import editdistance
 4 | import time
 5 | 
 6 | auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
 7 | auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
 8 | api = tweepy.API(auth,wait_on_rate_limit=True)
 9 | c = tweepy.Cursor(api.search,q='to:'+'elonmusk',since_id='1017463575919693826',include_entities=True).items()
10 | 
11 | real_screen_name = 'elonmusk'
12 | real_name = 'Elon Musk'
13 | 
14 | while True:
15 | 	try:
16 | 		tweet = c.next()
17 | 		text = tweet.text
18 | 		name = tweet.user.name
19 | 		screen_name = tweet.user.screen_name
20 | 		tweet_id = tweet.id
21 | 		print(tweet_id)
22 | 		if screen_name != real_screen_name:
23 | 			name_dist = editdistance.eval(real_name, name)
24 | 			screen_dist = editdistance.eval(real_screen_name',screen_name)
25 | 			if name_dist <= 2 or screen_dist <= 4:
26 | 				print("fake found")
27 | 				api.update_status("*❗️❗️beep boop❗️❗️* Fake Elon Musk detected❎, report as spam ❎ @elonmusk @{}".format(screen_name), in_reply_to_status_id=tweet_id)
28 | 				api.report_spam([screen_name])
29 | 	except tweepy.TweepError:
30 | 		print("limit reached")
31 | 		time.sleep(60*5)
32 | 		continue
33 | 	except StopIteration:
34 | 		print("end of result")
35 | 		time.sleep(10)
36 | 		c = tweepy.Cursor(api.search,q='to:'+'elonmusk',since_id=tweet_id,include_entities=True).items()
37 | 		continue
38 | 
39 | 
40 | 


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