I get this issue when I run the script, here's the full stack trace:

File "main.py", line 61 global ratelimit ^ IndentationError: unindent does not match any outer indentation level

Excuse me while I jump off of a bridge...

When the script gets to a tweet that asks for a favorite, such as this one, it throws this error:

File "main.py", line 93, in CheckForFavoriteRequest
    LogAndPrint("Favorite: " + item['id'])
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'int' objects

Then it gets stuck into a loop where it retweets the same tweet over and over again until I kill it myself. I have no idea how to python so I can't fix it myself.

Bit of a newb when it comes to Python and can't seem to fix the following error.

Any ideas why I'm unable to run python main.py?

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 1, in <module>
    from TwitterAPI import TwitterAPI
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/TwitterAPI/TwitterAPI.py", line 9, in <module>
    from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError, ReadTimeout, SSLError
ImportError: cannot import name ReadTimeout

No tweets are favorited even when keyword "favorite" is included in tweet.

Getting the following error about TLS profiles with urlb3. Any fixes?

/usr/local/bin/twitter-contest-bot/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/util/ssl_.py:315: SNIMissingWarning: An HTTPS request has been made, but the SNI (Subject Name Indication) extension to TLS is not available on this platform. This may cause the server to present an incorrect TLS certificate, which can cause validation failures. For more information, see https://urllib3.readthedocs.org/en/latest/security.html#snimissingwarning.
  SNIMissingWarning
/usr/local/bin/twitter-contest-bot/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/util/ssl_.py:120: InsecurePlatformWarning: A true SSLContext object is not available. This prevents urllib3 from configuring SSL appropriately and may cause certain SSL connections to fail. For more information, see https://urllib3.readthedocs.org/en/latest/security.html#insecureplatformwarning.
  InsecurePlatformWarning
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 242, in <module>
    CheckRateLimit()
  File "main.py", line 70, in CheckRateLimit
    for res_family in r['resources']:
KeyError: 'resources'

Message File Name Line Position
Traceback
C:\Python27\twitter-contest-bot-master\twitter-contest-bot-master\main.py 242
ScanForContests C:\Python27\twitter-contest-bot-master\twitter-contest-bot-master\main.py 235
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'exceptions.UnboundLocalError' objects

Please guide

I am running Pyhton 3.4 and getting the following error:

2015-12-12 13:01:19,924 - INFO - [2015-12-12 13:01:19.924021] - added last task at 2015-12-13 10:53:50.751188
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/ubuntu/workspace/main.py", line 435, in <module>
    CheckRateLimit()
  File "/home/ubuntu/workspace/main.py", line 182, in CheckRateLimit
    for res_family in r['resources']:
KeyError: 'resources'

It adds task and then at the last task it fails.

I changed the keywords to fit my needs, and the bot is finding results, but my Queue always stays at 0. No tweets are ever retweeted.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/admin/Desktop/twitter-contest-bot-master/main.py", line 240, in
CheckRateLimit()
File "/Users/admin/Desktop/twitter-contest-bot-master/main.py", line 73, in CheckRateLimit
percent = float(remaining)/float(limit)*100
NameError: global name 'remaining' is not defined

Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 801, in __bootstrap_inner
self.run()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 1073, in run
self.function(_self.args, *_self.kwargs)
File "/Users/admin/Desktop/twitter-contest-bot-master/main.py", line 73, in CheckRateLimit
percent = float(remaining)/float(limit)*100
NameError: global name 'remaining' is not defined

Any ideas?

=== SCANNING FOR NEW CONTESTS ===
Getting new results for: RT to win
Could not connect to TwitterAPI - are your credentials correct?
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py, line 179, in
ScanForContests()
FILE "main.pyu", line 176, in ScanForContests
Print("Exception: " + e)
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'exceptions.NameError' objects

I wrote this bot almost 3 years ago and since then I haven't had much time to maintain it. So many people have forked the repository and created some really great variations of it now, including complete refactors and some even complete rewrites from the ground up. These forks really do a great job of showing the interest for this bot.

I'd like to clean up the core code of this original and make it more readable to newbies as well as for experienced developers looking to modify it for their own use.

With a million other things going on, I'm looking for help in splitting out main.py into classes that make sense and generally improving the code base.

Any help welcome!

After correctly formatting I receive the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 10, in <module>
    data = json.load(data_file)
  File "C:\Users\willi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\json\__init__.py", line 299, in load
    parse_constant=parse_constant, object_pairs_hook=object_pairs_hook, **kw)
  File "C:\Users\willi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\json\__init__.py", line 354, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "C:\Users\willi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\json\decoder.py", line 339, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "C:\Users\willi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\json\decoder.py", line 357, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 12 column 21 (char 442)

While trying to run the script it's giving me a error
File "/home/pi/Desktop/main.py", line 10, in
data = json.load(data_file)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/json/init.py", line 291, in load
**kw)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/json/init.py", line 339, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 364, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 380, in raw_decode
obj, end = self.scan_once(s, idx)
ValueError: Expecting , delimiter: line 3 column 54 (char 163)

I am pretty sure that I installed the twitter API but maybe I just screwed up with that.

Hello guys,
is there a plan to tweak this bot or is there a improved one forked??

How can I make sure it is working? I have gone through my Twitter and am yet to see any re tweets

For some reason this seems to be picking up old tweets. Saw one that was picked up from 2015. Is there a way to make sure nothing is picked up in the search before a set date?

The log and the config.json.example should be ignored by .gitignore, so config.json should probably be renamed once again to config.json.example.

Do you think you may be able to fix this @forddasav? I've merged in your latest contribution but forgot to check these.

Thanks! 👍

When run i receive the below errors:-

`Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 243, in
ScanForContests()
File "main.py", line 235, in ScanForContests
print("Exception: " + e)
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'exceptions.UnboundLocalError' objects
Exception in thread Thread-1 (most likely raised during interpreter shutdown):Exception in thread Thread-2 (most likely raised during interpreter shutdown):
Traceback (most recent call last):

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 810, in __bootstrap_inner File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 810, in __bootstrap_inner
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 1082, in run
File "main.py", line 156, in ScanForContests
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 1082, in run
<type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'Timer'
`