Remote control your RaspberryPI from Twitter.
Project description
RPITwit is a really simple script to execute remote shell commands on your RaspberryPI using your twitter account.
Just write a status on your twitter account using the following format:
#RPITwit script command
The scripts are saved on “~/rpitwit_commands/scripts”. you can use shell or python scripts. In the case of python scripts do not include the “.py” extension when calling the command on twitter.
Installing RPITwit
Just extract the package and run:
sudo python setup.py install
Running on Raspberry PI
(Never run the rpitwit-daemon as root)
Execute the following command:
rpitwit
To stop press Ctrl+C
TODO: install rpitwit as service.
Configuration
The firs time that you run rpitwit is going to ask you for authorization on twitter, follow the instructions.
The script is going to ask you for the twitter usernames who are going to be able to execute scripts. Don’t allow access to unknown people.
The configuration options are stored in ~/.rpitwit_config
You can modify the following options:
- magicword: keyword used to run commands, this must be
the first word on your tweet.
- follow: list of twitter user IDs that who are going
to be able to execute commands.
- AppName: Name of the application on Twitter. Do not
modify unless you are using your own keys.
oauth_token: generated automatically. Do not modify.
oauth_secret: generated automatically. Do not modify.
If you are using your own application keys you must add this tree lines to your ~./rpitwit_config file:
AppName=<your twitter application name> CONSUMER_KEY=<your twitter application key> CONSUMER_SECRET=<your twitter application secret>
Note: There isn’t a easy way to update the authorization tokens. In the next revision I’m including a way to update them more easy.
For more info about generating your application keys look in the documentation directory.
Warning
This very simple tool that justs execute shell and python scripts contained within the script directory.
It doesn’t limit what the commands can do to your system.
If you are going to use
Credits and more Info
maintainer: Mario Gomez (http://fuenteabierta.teubi.co/)
A more detailed explanation of usage and examples:
http://fuenteabierta.teubi.co/2013/01/controlling-raspberry-pi-via-twitter.html
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