Zchryrr (interchangeable with @Zchryrr) is a Twitter bot made up in Python to do simple tasks. Currently, the tasks include:

• /#TOR [link.torrent] - Begin torrents from a URL via a reply (only from users in the sudoers_list). You know… for your favorite Linux distros

• #STATCHE [image.jpg] - Serve up mustached images!

• #STATUS - Return the status of @Zchryrr (If he's running - if he's not running he won't return anything)

• #PING - Send a Prowl ping to my phone (used for debugging purposes)

• #SHUTDOWN - Shutdown Zchryrr (only useable by people in suoders_list)

• #FOLLOW [username] - Follow users by request (needs authorization). The username should not have an @ in it

• Testa Mode - Responds to all questions mentioning Zchryrr with a "Nope! Chuck Testa!" Can be toggled with #TESTA

To actually use Zchryrr, you'll need to have your own Twitter account (unless you want to run this on your primary account, which I do not recommend). I'll trust you can figure out how to make a Twitter account.

Next, head over to dev.twitter.com and sign in to your new Twitter account. Under the drop down of your name, click "My applications"

Assuming you don't have any other applications yet, click the "Create a new application" button

I'm gonna leave you with the picture below for how to set up the application. It's pretty simple.

Don't forget to agree to the ToS and enter the CAPTCHAs at the bottom.

On the page you get directed to, you'll need to click the "Create my access token" button to get the information you need. The rest of the information you might need is included on that page.

Then go to the "Settings" tab and change your "Application Type" to "Read, Write, and Access direct messages"

Now that we have that all set up, let's start with the actual code. To run your own Zchryrr on your local server, you'll need to first install Tweepy (the Python Twitter library I use)

sudo pip install tweepy

Next, you'll need to edit your vars.py file to make sure that you have all of your information for you Python bot. You'll need to make a new application through the Twitter developer API (details and images on how to do this will come later). In vars.py, fill in the following areas

p = pyrowl.Pyrowl("api key", "providerkey") #Check the Prowl website for an API key

CONSUMER_KEY = '' #Set your Twitter consumer key

CONSUMER_SECRET = '' #Set your Twitter consumer secret

ACCESS_KEY='' #Set your Twitter access key

ACCESS_SECRET='' #Set your Twitter access secret

sudoers = ["ZacharyOrr"] #List of users who will have access to upper level commands, like starting torrents or shutting the bot down

invalid_sudoer_message = "" #Message that will be tweeted when someone not in the list above tries to use an upper level command

torrent_directory = "/home/zachorr/torrents/" #Directory that your torrent files will be downloaded to. Usually dependent on if you have torrents automatically starting from a folder location

After filling in all of that information, you should be set to go. CD to your directory and run

python zchryrr.py

And if you'd like him to run in the background, run

python zchryrr.py

Using Zchryrr is relatively simple. As you might excpect, you send a reply to @Zchryrr with a vaild hashtag (you can find the complete list of commands in the Python script or above)

And as you might expect, he replies to you at ridicioulsy fast speeds

And my implementation of this script, the real Zchryrr, is always running over at twitter.com/Zchryrr. Feel free to use him all you'd like! If you break him, I should be notified.

• #CuteCatMeBro - Serves up random cute cat images from Tumblr. Because who couldn't use more cute cats?

• Select memes will be able to be generated on the fly. To start, it'll just be some of my favorites.

Did I break something? Do you want to add a feature? Do you want to see a feature added?

1. Fork it.
2. Create a branch (git checkout -b my_repo_name)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am "Added Moar Magic Sauce")
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my_repo_name )
5. Create an [Issue][1] with a link to your branch
6. Enjoy a refreshing Diet Coke and wait

Don't write Python code but would like a new feature? Create an issue with a feature and I'll see what I can do to implement it!