retweet.py

import os
import sys
import time
import random
import tweepy
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from termcolor import colored

#To make the .env file accessible as the source of environment variables
load_dotenv()

#Accessing credentials from .env file
CONSUMER_KEY = os.getenv("CONSUMER_KEY")
CONSUMER_SECRET = os.getenv("CONSUMER_SECRET")
ACCESS_TOKEN = os.getenv("ACCESS_TOKEN")
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = os.getenv("ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET")

#Setting credentials to access Twitter API
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_TOKEN, ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)

#Calling API using Tweepy
api = tweepy.API(auth, wait_on_rate_limit=True, wait_on_rate_limit_notify=True)

#Search Twitter for tweets with this keyword
#Put multiple keywords with 'OR' in between
#Example: search = '#keywordToSearch OR #keywordToSearch2'
search = '#keywordToSearch'

#Maximum limit of tweets to be interacted with
maxNumberOfTweets = 500

#To keep track of tweets published
count = 0

print(colored('Retweet Bot Started!', 'green'))

for tweet in tweepy.Cursor(api.search, search).items(maxNumberOfTweets):
    try:
        print(colored('Found tweet by @' + tweet.user.screen_name, 'cyan'))

        #Publishing retweet
        tweet.retweet()

        #Updating count for each successfull retweet
        count = count + 1
        print(colored('Retweet #' + str(count) + ' published successfully.', 'green'))

        #Random wait time
        timeToWait = random.randint(95, 115)
        print("Waiting for "+ str(timeToWait) + " seconds")
        for remaining in range(timeToWait, -1, -1):
            sys.stdout.write("\r")
            sys.stdout.write("{:2d} seconds remaining.".format(remaining))
            sys.stdout.flush()
            time.sleep(1)
        sys.stdout.write("\rOnwards to next tweet!\n")

    except tweepy.TweepError as e:
        print('Error: ' + e.args[0][0]['message'])
    except StopIteration:
        break