package main import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "io/ioutil" "github.com/dghubble/go-twitter/twitter" "github.com/dghubble/oauth1" ) //Config stores the data from json botsConfig.json file type Config struct { Title string `json:"title"` ConsumerKey string `json:"consumer_key"` ConsumerSecret string `json:"consumer_secret"` AccessTokenKey string `json:"access_token_key"` AccessTokenSecret string `json:"access_token_secret"` } //Botnet stores each bot configured type Botnet struct { ScreenNames []string Clients []*twitter.Client } func readConfigTokensAndConnect() (botnet Botnet) { var config []Config var clients []*twitter.Client file, e := ioutil.ReadFile("botsConfig.json") if e != nil { fmt.Println("error:", e) } content := string(file) json.Unmarshal([]byte(content), &config) fmt.Println("botnetConfig.json read comlete") fmt.Print("connecting to twitter api --> ") for i := 0; i < len(config); i++ { configu := oauth1.NewConfig(config[i].ConsumerKey, config[i].ConsumerSecret) token := oauth1.NewToken(config[i].AccessTokenKey, config[i].AccessTokenSecret) httpClient := configu.Client(oauth1.NoContext, token) // twitter client client := twitter.NewClient(httpClient) clients = append(clients, client) botnet.ScreenNames = append(botnet.ScreenNames, config[i].Title) } botnet.Clients = clients fmt.Println("connection successful") return botnet }