haiku_ebooks

Tweet random haikus

See the result on Twitter

I like Markov Chains, and I like haikus, so this is my attempt at creating a
Twitter bot that tweets Markov-Chain-generated haikus. It’s not meant to be
blazing fast, but it should count syllables very accurately.

Examples

Tweet a random haiku:

cd /path/to/haiku_ebooks/bin
./haiku_ebooks

The first time will take longer than normal (~1 minute), because it has to parse
the CMU pronunciation dictionary for word syllable lengths and generate a
persistent Markov Chain. Subsequent runs should only take ~10 seconds.

Requirements

• ruby (I’m using ruby 2.4.2)
• bundler for installing:
  • msgpack for storing the Markov
    Chains
  • twitter for tweeting
• You’ll also need to bring your own source texts. Consider using Project
  Gutenberg.

Install

• Clone the git repo: git clone https://github.com/spejamchr/haiku_ebooks.git
• Run bundle install
• Rename data/keys.example.yml to data/keys.yml and put your Twitter keys
  and access tokens in there
• Put some .txt files in the data/text/ directory. Your Markov Chain will be
  built from them.

Author

Original author: Spencer Christiansen

License

haiku_ebooks is released under the MIT License.