Get Featured Tweets

get-featured-tweets.js

#!/usr/bin/env node

const { execSync } = require('child_process');
const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

const tweetIds = [
  '1723011519942648318',
  '1641908734845755392',
  '1495949891503366148'
];

function replaceEntitiesWithLinks(body, entities) {
  const { hashtags, mentionedUsers, urls } = entities;

  const uniqueHashtags = [...new Set(hashtags)];
  const uniqueMentionedUsers = [...new Set(mentionedUsers)];
  const uniqueUrls = [...new Set(urls)];

  let updatedBody = body;

  uniqueHashtags.forEach(tag => {
    const regex = new RegExp(`#${tag}\\b`, 'g');
    updatedBody = updatedBody.replace(regex, `<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/${tag}">#${tag}</a>`);
  });

  uniqueMentionedUsers.forEach(user => {
    const regex = new RegExp(`@${user}\\b`, 'g');
    updatedBody = updatedBody.replace(regex, `<a href="https://twitter.com/${user}">@${user}</a>`);
  });

  uniqueUrls.forEach(url => {
    const regex = new RegExp(`\\b${url}\\b`, 'g');
    updatedBody = updatedBody.replace(regex, `<a href="${url}">${url}</a>`);
  });

  return updatedBody;
}

function formatDate(inputDateString) {
  const date = new Date(inputDateString);

  if (isNaN(date.getTime())) {
    throw new Error('Invalid date string');
  }

  const formatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', {
    day: 'numeric',
    month: 'short',
    year: 'numeric'
  });

  let formattedDate = formatter.format(date).replace('.', '');

  return formattedDate;
}

const fetchTweetDetails = (id) => {
  try {
    const output = execSync(`npx rettiwt-api tweet details ${id}`).toString();
    const details = JSON.parse(output);
    return {
      id: details.id,
      timestamp: formatDate(details.createdAt),
      author: {
        username: details.tweetBy.userName,
        imageUrl: details.tweetBy.profileImage,
      },
      body: replaceEntitiesWithLinks(details.fullText, details.entities),
    };
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(`Error fetching tweet ${id}:`, error);
    return null;
  }
};

const main = () => {
  try {
    const tweets = tweetIds.map(id => fetchTweetDetails(id)).filter(tweet => tweet !== null);
    fs.writeFileSync('posts.json', JSON.stringify(tweets, null, 2));
    console.log('Posts have been written to posts.json');
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error);
  }
};

main();