Twitter Bots Programming Tutorial

Question

Hello. I'd like to learn how to program my own Twitter bot from scratch. I'd like to start simple, maybe a bot that picks up a word and sends a response to anyone that says that certain word. Then, I'd like to be able to build a bot up that will automatically post things, maybe 2 times a day. Finally, I'd like to be able to build bots that can hold conversations (probably with each other) and portray characters.

I'd like to know which languages to learn and the tools that I'll need (will I need my own server?).

Thank you.

Answer 1

First, you will need to get a Twitter API, there are Twitter APIs available for most of the popular programming languages out there. So if you know a programming language already, chances are that you will find an API in that language.

As far as building a bot, well... there are many tutorials out there. If you have a specific programming language in mind, then just google twitter bot in that language: e.g. "twitter bot C#" or "twitter bot java". Good luck!