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How to Make a Twitter Bot that Replies to Tweets with Node Proposed Changes

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Description

Link: https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/nodejs-twitter-bot/

Issue

The support for the streaming endpoint that the Twit package uses has been deprecated by Twitter. So your code is not working with the latest v2 endpoint.

##suggested fix
use twitter-api-v2 library.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Open the linked Node.js Twitter bot guide and review its use of the Twit package and streaming endpoint. Replace the deprecated integration with twitter-api-v2 as suggested, then verify that the guide’s reply-to-tweet workflow works with the current v2 endpoint.

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Assessment

Tech stack
nodejs
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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