Inspiration
We were inspired by the absurdity of Trump's twitter feed to build an app that highlights the absurdity of Trump's twitter feed. Also we thought it would be easy.
What it does
Grumpy Trumpy uses the twitter API to load Trump's tweets. It then uses machine learning to rate the sentiment contained within them. Finally it provides them to an Angular frontend which sorts and displays them for the user.
How we built it
We built a NodeJs based backend that uses the twitter API to load tweets as well as machine learning to analyze them. It then makes this data avalible via an express endpoint which is used by our Angular frontend to display the data to end users.
Challenges we ran into
Our API keys keep expiring.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Working together with new people to build a coherent system built of multiple server and client side components.
What we learned
Never give up! Trust your instincts! Also, how to use the Twitter API from NodeJs.
What's next for Grumpy Trumpy
We plan to expand our backlog of tweets until we have collect all ~40,000 of them. Gotta catch 'em all.
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