module Chatterbot::Tweet

routines for sending tweets

Public Instance Methods

reply(txt, source, params = {}) click to toggle source

reply to a tweet

# File lib/chatterbot/tweet.rb, line 36
def reply(txt, source, params = {})
  debug txt
  params = {:in_reply_to_status_id => source.id}.merge(params)
  tweet txt, params, source
end
tweet(txt, params = {}, original = nil) click to toggle source

simple wrapper for sending a message

# File lib/chatterbot/tweet.rb, line 7
def tweet(txt, params = {}, original = nil)
  return if require_login == false

  txt = replace_variables(txt, original)
  
  if debug_mode?
    debug "I'm in debug mode, otherwise I would tweet: #{txt}"
  else
    debug txt
    if params.has_key?(:media)
      file = params.delete(:media)
      if ! file.is_a?(File)
        file = File.new(file)
      end

      client.update_with_media txt, file, params
    else
      client.update txt, params
    end
  end
rescue Twitter::Error::Forbidden => e
  #:nocov:
  debug e
  false
  #:nocov:
end