Added license and a link to twitterbot-cron.

LICENSE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2020 Stefan Bohacek
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

README.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Glitch Twitter bot template
 
 This is a template for making creative Twitter bots with [Glitch](https://glitch.com/) and the [Twit](https://github.com/ttezel/twit) node.js library.
 
+For a version that uses an automatic scheduler, check out the [twitterbot-cron](https://glitch.com/edit/#!/twitterbot-cron) project. (Note that this requires a [paid Glitch subscription](https://glitch.com/pricing)).
+
+
 ## A quick tutorial
 
 1. Create a new Twitter account and a new Twitter app. ([See how.](https://botwiki.org/tutorials/how-to-create-a-twitter-app/))

package.json

@@ -23,5 +23,6 @@
     "twitter",
     "twitterbot",
     "bot"
-  ]
+  ],
+  "license": "MIT"
 }

server.js

@@ -1,35 +1,37 @@
 /* Setting things up. */
-var express = require('express'),
-    app = express(),   
-    Twit = require('twit'),
-    config = {
-    /* Be sure to update the .env file with your API keys. See how to get them: https://botwiki.org/tutorials/how-to-create-a-twitter-app */      
-      twitter: {
-        consumer_key: process.env.TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY,
-        consumer_secret: process.env.TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET,
-        access_token: process.env.TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN,
-        access_token_secret: process.env.TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET
-      }
-    },
-    T = new Twit(config.twitter);
+const express = require( 'express' ),
+      app = express(),   
+      Twit = require( 'twit' ),
+      config = {
+      /* Be sure to update the .env file with your API keys. See how to get them: https://botwiki.org/tutorials/how-to-create-a-twitter-app */      
+        twitter: {
+          consumer_key: process.env.TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY,
+          consumer_secret: process.env.TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET,
+          access_token: process.env.TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN,
+          access_token_secret: process.env.TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET
+        }
+      },
+      T = new Twit( config.twitter );
 
-app.use(express.static('public'));
+app.use( express.static( 'public' ) );
 
-/* You can use cron-job.org, uptimerobot.com, or a similar site to hit your /BOT_ENDPOINT to wake up your app and make your Twitter bot tweet. */
+/* You can use cron-job.org, uptimerobot.com, or a similar site to periodically visit your /BOT_ENDPOINT to wake up your app and make your Twitter bot tweet. */
+
+app.all( `/${process.env.BOT_ENDPOINT}`, function( req, res ){
 
-app.all(`/${process.env.BOT_ENDPOINT}`, function(req, res){
   /* The example below tweets out "Hello world!". */
-  T.post('statuses/update', { status: 'hello world 👋' }, function(err, data, response) {
-    if (err){
-      console.log('error!', err);
-      res.sendStatus(500);
+
+  T.post( 'statuses/update', { status: 'hello world 👋' }, function( err, data, response ) {
+    if ( err ){
+      console.log( 'error!', err );
+      res.sendStatus( 500 );
     }
     else{
-      res.sendStatus(200);
+      res.sendStatus( 200 );
     }
-  });
-});
+  } );
+} );
 
-var listener = app.listen(process.env.PORT, function(){
-  console.log('Your bot is running on port ' + listener.address().port);
-});
+let listener = app.listen( process.env.PORT, function(){
+  console.log( 'Your bot is running on port ' + listener.address().port );
+} );