snoopybot

Twitter bot that tweets lines from Snoopy's novel and other writings from the Peanuts comic strip. Runs as an Azure Functions Timer Trigger.

See @SnoopyAtWork on Twitter.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• Azure Functions Core Tools v4
• An Azure Storage account (used by both the bot state and Azure Functions runtime)
• Twitter/X API credentials

Local development

npm install

Fill in your secrets in local.settings.json:

Setting	Description
TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY	Twitter/X API consumer key
TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET	Twitter/X API consumer secret
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN	Twitter/X access token
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET	Twitter/X access token secret
AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT	Azure Storage account name
AZURE_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY	Azure Storage account key

Start the function locally:

npm start

The timer trigger is set to run daily at 5:00 PM UTC. To test immediately, use the Azure Functions Core Tools HTTP endpoint:

curl -X POST http://localhost:7071/admin/functions/snoopyTrigger

Deploy to Azure

1. Create a Function App in the Azure Portal (Node.js 18+, Consumption plan)
2. Add the settings from the table above as Application Settings
3. Deploy using one of:
   • VS Code Azure Functions extension
   • func azure functionapp publish <your-function-app-name>
   • GitHub Actions

Project structure

host.json                      # Azure Functions host config
local.settings.json            # Local dev settings (gitignored)
package.json
src/
  bot.js                       # Bot logic (tweets, Azure Table state)
  functions/
    snoopyTrigger.js           # Timer trigger (daily at 5 PM UTC)