Twitter Automation Development Tutorials, Guides & Insights

document.getElementById("start").addEventListener("click", () => {
  chrome.runtime.sendMessage({ action: "start" }, (response) => {
    if (chrome.runtime.lastError) {
      console.error("[popup.js] Error:", chrome.runtime.lastError.message);
      document.getElementById("status").innerText = "Error: Could not connect to background script.";
      return;
    }
    console.log("[popup.js] Response:", response);
    document.getElementById("status").innerText = `Status: ${response.status}`;
  });
});

document.getElementById("stop").addEventListener("click", () => {
  chrome.runtime.sendMessage({ action: "stop" }, (response) => {
    if (chrome.runtime.lastError) {
      console.error("[popup.js] Error:", chrome.runtime.lastError.message);
      document.getElementById("status").innerText = "Error: Could not connect to background script.";
      return;
    }
    console.log("[popup.js] Response:", response);
    document.getElementById("status").innerText = `Status: ${response.status}`;
  });
});

If everything is set up correctly, you should see your extension in the list with its name and icon.

Create a new Python file named twitter_bot.py and open it in your favorite text editor. Write the following script to automate the login and tweet posting process:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
import time

# Twitter credentials
USERNAME = 'your_twitter_username'
PASSWORD = 'your_twitter_password'

# List of tweets to post
tweets = [
    "Hello, Twitter! This is a Selenium automated tweet.",
    "Automating tweets without API keys!",
    "Selenium is great for browser automation.",
    # Add more tweets here
]

# Initialize WebDriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome()  # Or webdriver.Firefox(), depending on your browser

# Open Twitter login page
driver.get('https://twitter.com/login')

# Log in to Twitter
time.sleep(2)
username_input = driver.find_element(By.NAME, 'session[username_or_email]')
password_input = driver.find_element(By.NAME, 'session[password]')

username_input.send_keys(USERNAME)
password_input.send_keys(PASSWORD)
password_input.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)

time.sleep(3)  # Wait for login to complete

# Function to post a tweet
def post_tweet(tweet):
    tweet_box = driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div[data-testid='tweetTextarea_0']")
    tweet_box.send_keys(tweet)
    time.sleep(1)

    tweet_button = driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div[data-testid='tweetButtonInline']")
    tweet_button.click()
    print(f"Tweeted: {tweet}")
    time.sleep(5)  # Wait for the tweet to post

# Post all tweets
for tweet in tweets:
    post_tweet(tweet)

# Close the browser
driver.quit()

   python twitter_bot.py

• Number of Tweets: Adjust the num_tweets parameter in schedule_tweets to control how many tweets are posted.
• Time Range: Modify the hours_range tuple to change the active posting hours.
• Tweet Content: Add or change the content in the tweets list to personalize your bot's messages.