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A Twitter bot that posts randomly generated wallpapers with song lyrics.

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A Twitter bot that posts randomly generated wallpapers with song lyrics.

Usage

node index.js

Installation

  1. Clone this repository.
  2. cd lyrcper
  3. npm install
  4. cp settings-example.json settings.json
  5. Open up settings.json in your favorite text editor and fill in your API credentials for Musixmatch, Flickr, and Twitter.

How to get Musixmatch API credentials

  1. Create a free Musixmatch account here: https://developer.musixmatch.com/signup
  2. Go to the account verification link that they sent to your e-mail and log in to your new account.
  3. Go to the applications section of your dashboard here: https://developer.musixmatch.com/admin/applications
  4. You should see "(Your Username)'s App". Click on the "View" link to the right of that.

Your API key will then be displayed.

How to get Flickr API credentials

API key/secret

  1. Create a free Flickr account here: https://www.flickr.com
  2. Log into your account and create a new Flickr app here: https://www.flickr.com/services/apps/create/noncommercial/

Your API key and secret will be displayed after creating the app.

Access token/secret

  1. cd into the directory where you cloned the lyrcper repository.
  2. npm install prompt-promise opn
  3. node flickr_token.js
  4. Follow the on-screen directions.

Your access token and secret will then be displayed.

How to get Twitter API credentials

API key/secret

  1. Create a free Twitter account here: https://twitter.com/signup
  2. Log into your account and create a new Twitter app here: https://apps.twitter.com/app/new (Leave the callback URL blank)
  3. On the next page, click on the "Keys and Access Tokens" tab.

Your API key and secret will then be displayed.

Access token/secret

  1. cd into the directory where you cloned the lyrcper repository.
  2. npm install node-twitter-api prompt-promise opn
  3. node twitter_token.js
  4. Follow the on-screen directions.

Your access token and secret will then be displayed.

Settings

lyrcper uses the lyric-paper module to generate the wallpapers, therefore you can use any options that it uses as everything inside of settings.json is passed straight to it.

See https://github.com/kodie/lyric-paper#options for a list of options that you can set.

License

MIT. See the License file for more info.

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