New ATS repos bot

This is the source code for the Twitter Bot (@NewATSRepos) that periodically queries Github for new ATS repositories, and then posts a link to the repository (along with a brief summary) in a tweet.

This bot was inspired by the Common Lisp bot (@NewLispRepos) created by Zach Beane.

How to build and run

1. Clone this project.

2. Configure the proper keys locally. For instance, have a file like env.sh (make sure to add this to .gitignore) like so:

  export LAST_QUERY_TIMESTAMP="<timestamp in rfc-3339 format" // Eg: 2020-07-04T17:59:37.489450Z"
  export TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY=<your twitter consumer key>
  export TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET=<your twitter secret key>
  export TWITTER_ACCESS_KEY=<your twitter access key>
  export TWITTER_ACCESS_SECRET=<your twitter access secret>
  export BOT_HEROKU_QUERY_URL=https://api.heroku.com/apps/<your-heroku-app-name-or-id>/config-vars
  export BOT_HEROKU_AUTH_TOKEN=<base64 encoded heroku auth token>

3. Source the env.sh file in the terminal window from where you invoke cargo build --release && cargo run. This is for local testing. For deployment, see the next step.

4. Note that the default configuration is to deploy on Heroku (see Procfile). To deploy Rust projects on Heroku, a buildpack is handily available.

Also note that currently the project is linked to the Heroku ecosystem, but it can be made independent of any deployment mechanism relatively easily.

LICENCE

See LICENCE.