TWITTER AUTORESPONDER WITH GOOGLE SCRIPTS

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Use this Google Script to setup Out of Office auto-replies in Twitter.

function start() {      // Please enter dates in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM format      var OUTOFOFFICE_START_DATE  = "03/11/2013 18:13";   var OUTOFOFFICE_END_DATE    = "03/11/2013 19:00";      // This is your Out-Of-Office reply. Keep it less than 120 characters.      var OUTOFOFFICE_TEXT = "I am currently out of the office,                               with limited access to Twitter. Thanks!";        // Get your Twitter keys from dev.twitter.com      var CONSUMER_KEY     = "AAA";   var CONSUMER_SECRET  = "BBB";   // Change this with your Twitter handle   var TWITTER_HANDLE   = "labnol";        // DO NOT MODIFY ANYTHING AFTER THIS LINE      storeKeys ( CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET,                        OUTOFOFFICE_TEXT, TWITTER_HANDLE );      initialize ( OUTOFOFFICE_START_DATE, OUTOFOFFICE_END_DATE );      // Make sure that Twitter oAuth is working   doTwitter();    } // Delete exiting Apps Script triggers, if any function removeTriggers() {   var triggers = ScriptApp.getScriptTriggers();      for(var i=0; i < triggers.length; i++) {     ScriptApp.deleteTrigger(triggers[i]);   }      clearDatabase(); } function storeKeys(key, secret, text, handle) {      ScriptProperties.setProperty("TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY",    key);   ScriptProperties.setProperty("TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET", secret);      ScriptProperties.setProperty("OUTOFOFFICE_TEXT", text);     ScriptProperties.setProperty("MAX_TWITTER_ID",   0);     ScriptProperties.setProperty("TWITTER_HANDLE",   handle);   } // Clean and Initialize the ScriptDB database function clearDatabase() {      var db = ScriptDb.getMyDb();   while (true) {          var result = db.query({});          if (result.getSize() == 0) {       break;     }          while (result.hasNext()) {       db.remove(result.next());     }   } } // Setup triggers for the START and END dates function initialize(start, end) {      var startDate = new Date(start);   var endDate   = new Date(end);      removeTriggers();          ScriptApp.newTrigger("autoReply")            .timeBased()            .at(startDate)            .create();      ScriptApp.newTrigger("removeTriggers")            .timeBased()            .at(endDate)            .create();    } function autoReply() {      clearDatabase();   ScriptApp.newTrigger("outOfOffice")            .timeBased()            .everyMinutes(5)            .create(); } function oAuth() { var oauthConfig = UrlFetchApp.addOAuthService("twitter"); oauthConfig.setAccessTokenUrl("https://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token"); oauthConfig.setRequestTokenUrl("https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token"); oauthConfig.setAuthorizationUrl("https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authorize"); oauthConfig.setConsumerKey(                  ScriptProperties.getProperty("TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY")); oauthConfig.setConsumerSecret(                  ScriptProperties.getProperty("TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET")); } // This function will poll twitter every 5 minutes for any @mentions function outOfOffice() {   oAuth();      var twitter_handle = ScriptProperties.getProperty("TWITTER_HANDLE");      var phrase = "to:" + twitter_handle;   var search = "https://api.twitter.com/1.1/search/tweets.json?count=10"              + "&include_entities=false&result_type=recent&q="              + encodeString(phrase) + "&since_id="              + ScriptProperties.getProperty("MAX_TWITTER_ID");       var options =   {     "method": "get",     "oAuthServiceName":"twitter",     "oAuthUseToken":"always"   };      try {     var result = UrlFetchApp.fetch(search, options);         if (result.getResponseCode() === 200) {              var data = Utilities.jsonParse(result.getContentText());              if (data) {                  var tweets = data.statuses;                  if (tweets.length) {                      var db    = ScriptDb.getMyDb();           var reply = ScriptProperties.getProperty("OUTOFOFFICE_TEXT");                      for (var i=tweets.length-1; i>=0; i--) {                          var sender = tweets[i].user.screen_name;             var found = db.query({user: sender});                          if ( ! found.hasNext() ) {               db.save({user:sender});               sendTweet(sender, tweets[i].id_str, reply);             }           }         }       }     }       } catch (e) {     Logger.log(e.toString());   } } // If an @mention is found, send an Out of Office tweet to that user. function sendTweet(user, reply_id, tweet) {   var options =   {     "method": "POST",     "oAuthServiceName":"twitter",     "oAuthUseToken":"always"       };      var text   =  "@" + user + " " + tweet;   text   =  encodeString(text.substr(0, 140));      var status = "https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/update.json"              + "?status=" + text + "&in_reply_to_status_id=" + reply_id;      try {     var result = UrlFetchApp.fetch(status, options);     ScriptProperties.setProperty("MAX_TWITTER_ID", reply_id);   }     catch (e) {     Logger.log(e.toString());   }      } function doTwitter() {   oAuth();      var req = "https://api.twitter.com/1.1/application/rate_limit_status.json";          var options =   {     "method": "get",     "oAuthServiceName":"twitter",     "oAuthUseToken":"always"   };      try {     var result = UrlFetchApp.fetch(req, options);          } catch (e) {     Logger.log(e.toString());   } } function encodeString (q) {    var str =  encodeURIComponent(q);    str = str.replace(/!/g,'%21');    str = str.replace(/\*/g,'%2A');    str = str.replace(/\(/g,'%28');    str = str.replace(/\)/g,'%29');    str = str.replace(/'/g,'%27');    return str; }