HSVevents Twitter

Creator: Jim Shoe Status: Planning Born On: 16:11, 23 August 2008 (CDT) Last Updated: {{{Last Updated}}}

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
  • Message format - Title Date Location
  • Approved authors can direct message or @reply hsvevents to add events to the database
  • Scrape known sites for lists of events and add them to the database automatically
  • Send out a tweet at T-7 days, T-2 days, and T-0 days
  • Through Twitter administration - admins(approve, silence, remove authors), authors(add, approve, remove events), normies(summit events)
  • Send conformation
  • webcal
• Secondary Requirements
  • RSVP
  • Movie Bot

Examples

Jeff(normie): sends event (Phreaknic Oct. 24 - 26 Nashville TN) ->