goTweetDelete

goTweetDelete deletes old Tweets after X (30 by default) days.

Getting Started

goTweetDelete authorizes as you and therefore requires you to have access to the Twitter API.

Configuration

The following environment variables exist for configuration:

Variable	Description	Required	Default
ACCESSSECRET	Twitter API credential	Y
ACCESSTOKEN	Twitter API credential	Y
CONSUMERKEY	Twitter API credential	Y
CONSUMERSECRET	Twitter API credential	Y
DAYSTOKEEP	The number of days to keep Tweets before they're deleted	N	30
IGNOREIDS	The Tweet ID(s), comma separated, of a Tweet you'd like to be ignored (e.g. a pinned Tweet)	N
IGNORESUBSTRINGS	Strings, comma separated, that will cause a Tweet to be ignored	N
INCLUDERETWEETS	Whether RT's should be included in the search/deletion	N	true
SCREENNAME	Your Twitter handle	Y

Running the app

Go

Note: Golang 1.13 was used for development. No other version has been tested at this time.

# clone this repository
$ git clone git@github.com:jadametz/goTweetDelete.git
$ cd goTweetDelete

# build the app
$ go build

# export all of the necessary configuration
# e.g.
# export ACCESSSECRET=foo
# export ACCESSTOKEN=bar

# run the app!
$ ./goTweetDelete

Docker

$ docker run --name gotweetdelete \
  --rm \
  -e ACCESSSECRET=... \
  -e ACCESSTOKEN=... \
  -e CONSUMERKEY=... \
  -e CONSUMERSECRET=... \
  -e SCREENNAME=... \
  jadametz/gotweetdelete

docker-compose

A docker-compose.yml is provided for ease of use and assumes that .env exists with the necessary variables.

$ docker-compose up