My firste Steemit Bot with Python: relike someones post if they like yours
Introduction
In the past few days I created a Bot with the help of the Steemit Python API. This is my first bot and only for educational purposes. I wouldn't recommend running a bot like this 24/7. I hope I could help you with my post or you can tell me how to improve my code! :)
*This isn't a "copy past" script! You need to know some basic programming knowledge to build a fully functional bot with this...
Code (Github)
Explanation:
1. Install the API itself: Just use this tutorial for windows (I tried to install it myself for like 3-4 hours but couldn't do it... this tutorial saved my evening!)
2. Import the API and exceptions for errors.
from steem import Steem
from steembase import exceptions
3 . Setup variables for the node, your account and your private keys. ( I don't know much about security... use on your own risk!)
nodes = ["https://api.steemit.com"]
account = "wil1liam"
keys=["private posting key", "private active key"]
4. Now the function itself. It uses your account name, keys and nodes to "log in" your account and connect to the API node.
def relike(account,keys,nodes):
5. Executing the function. It returns how many users you upvoted successfully.
print(relike(account=account,keys=keys,nodes=nodes))
Please feel free to leave some feedback :)
(I will probably let the bot run on this post)