HSVevents Twitter

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Creator:
Jim Shoe
Status:
Planning
Born On:
16:11, 23 August 2008 (CDT)
Last Updated:
17:11, 26 January 2011 (CDT)

Overview

Project to automate the posting of tweets to @HSVevents.

Notes

  • MYSQL database
  • User whitelist, with on/off flags
  • Site scrapping of other sites
  • Use Twitter API, since XMPP isn't working right now.
  • Perl?

Requirements

  • Primary Requirements
  1. Message format - Title Date Location other info
  2. Direct message or @hsvevents to add events to the database
  3. Scrape known sites for lists of events and add them to the database automatically
  4. Send out a tweet at T-7 days, T-2 days, and T-0 days
  5. Through Twitter administration
    1. Admins(approve, silence, remove publishers)
    2. Publishers (summit, approve, remove events)
    3. Normies(summit events)
  6. Send conformation
  7. webcal
  • Secondary Requirements
  1. RSVP
  2. Movie Bot

Flows

Examples

  • PR.1 (This format need to be worked out, example events)
    • Phreaknic Oct. 24-26 2008 Nashville TN http://phreaknic.info - 80 characters
    • Taste of Hunstville Oct. 30 2008 Von Braun Center South Hall - 80 characters
    • Big Spring Jam Sep. 26-28 2008 Downtown HSV http://www.bigspringjam.org Tickets - $45 weekend, $25 a day - 104 characters


  • Normie - Event Submitted is approved
  1. sends event (Phreaknic Oct. 24 - 26 2008 Nashville TN) <- PR.2 & PR.5.3
  2. event sent to random publisher for approval
  3. publisher responds with Ya <- PR.5.2
  4. adds event to database <- PR.2
  5. sent a conformation to Normie <- PR.6


  • Normie - Event Submitted is not approved
  1. sends event (Phreaknic Oct. 24 - 26 2008 Nashville TN) <- PR.2 & PR.5.3
  2. event sent to random publisher for approval
  3. publisher responds with Na and reason <- PR.5.2
  4. send publisher's reason back to Normie <- PR.6
  5. discard as not approved


  • Publisher - Event Submitted
  1. sends event (Phreaknic Oct. 24 - 26 2008 Nashville TN)
  2. adds event to database <- PR.2
  3. sent a conformation <- PR.6