Flask SocialMedia Automation

AI Social Media Automation

Features

• Automatic and regularly scheduled AI-generated social media posts:
  • Upload images/enter text and schedule posts for Instagram or Twitter.
  • Use OpenAI API to generate images with DALL-E or tweets with GPT-3.5 Turbo.
  • Schedule recurring posts or tweets with AI-generated content.
  • Connect to Instagram and quickly post AI generated images based on your prompt.
  • Send emails from your Gmail account with automated scheduling.
  • Scheduled AI Generated news posting option using NewsAPI for daily top headlines.

Upcoming Features

• Improved text overlay on images posted to Instagram.
• Access to external live data for post creation.

Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/SakethSripada/Flask-SocialMedia-Automation.git

2. Obtain API Keys and Credentials:

   • https://developer.twitter.com/en/portal/dashboard
   • https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en
   • https://platform.openai.com/
   • https://newsapi.org/

3. Create a 'secret.py' file and add values for the below variables:

    SECRET_KEY = 'your_secret_key' # Flask secret
    MAIL_SERVER = "smtp.gmail.com" 
    MAIL_PORT = 587
    MAIL_USERNAME = "your_email_address"
    MAIL_PASSWORD = "your_app_password" # Go to google account and set up App password
    MAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER = ("NoReply SM Automation", "your_email_address")
    API_KEY = "your_openai_api_key"
    TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY = "your_twitter_consumer_key"
    TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET = "your_twitter_consumer_secret"
    BEARER_KEY = "your_twitter_bearer_key"
    ACCESS_TOKEN = "your_twitter_access_token"
    ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = "your_twitter_access_token_secret"
    OAUTH_CLIENT_ID = "your_oauth_client_id"
    OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET = "your_oauth_client_secret"
    NEWS_API_KEY = "your_news_api_key"

4. Install the required packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Set up the Database:

   flask db init
   flask db migrate -m "Initial migration."
   flask db upgrade

6. Run application:

   flask run

Additional Notes and Commands:

• Whenever you make changes to the database, run:

  flask db migrate -m "migration message"

• And then to update the database with the changes, run:

  flask db upgrade

• To Delete All Users, run:

  flask delete-all-users

• To Delete Specific Users, run:

  flask delete-users user1,user2,user3

• To List All Users, run:

  flask list-users