Fully stop posting to X (Twitter)

We previously switched from posting new questions to X to instead post
an encouragement to follow us on Bluesky/Mastodon. Our X integration has
now stopped working. Let's just kill this code instead of spending time
trying to fix it.

Fixes #425

Author: knatten

quiz/management/commands/auto_publish.py

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 
-import tweepy
-from django.core.mail import mail_admins
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from django.utils import timezone
 
@@ -37,7 +35,6 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
 
     def post_to_socials(self, content):
         platforms = [
-            ("X", self.post_to_x),
             ("Bluesky", lambda: self.post_to_bluesky(content)),
             ("Mastodon", lambda: self.post_to_mastodon(content)),
         ]
@@ -51,20 +48,6 @@ def post_to_socials(self, content):
                 traceback.print_exc()
         return had_failure
 
-    def post_to_x(self):
-        content = "We just published a new question! Follow us on Bluesky @cppquiz.bsky.social or Mastodon @cppquiz@mastodon.online for updates. For obvious reasons, no longer post to Elon Musk's X."
-        print(f"Posting to X: '{content}'")
-        secrets = self.read_secrets()
-
-        client = tweepy.Client(
-            consumer_key=secrets["consumer_key"], consumer_secret=secrets["consumer_secret"],
-            access_token=secrets["access_token"], access_token_secret=secrets["access_token_secret"],
-        )
-        response = client.create_tweet(
-            text=content
-        )
-        post_url = f"https://x.com/user/status/{response.data['id']}"
-
     def post_to_bluesky(self, content):
         print(f"Posting to Bluesky: '{content}'")
         secrets = self.read_secrets()

quiz/models.py

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def clean(self):
         if self.state in ('PUB', 'SCH') and self.reserved:
             raise ValidationError(f'Cannot {verbs[self.state]} a reserved question')
         if self.socials_text and not re.search("https?://", self.socials_text):
-            raise ValidationError('Tweets must contain a url!')
+            raise ValidationError('Social media messages must contain a url!')
 
     def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.full_clean()

quiz/tests/unit/test_models.py

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def test_requires_url_in_socials_text(self):
         q = Question(state="SCH", hint='hint', socials_text="hi", difficulty=1)
         with self.assertRaises(ValidationError) as cm:
             q.save()
-        self.assertIn('Tweets must contain a url!', str(cm.exception))
+        self.assertIn('Social media messages must contain a url!', str(cm.exception))
         Question(state="SCH", hint='hint', socials_text="See http://example.com", difficulty=1).save()
         Question(state="SCH", hint='hint', socials_text="See https://example.com", difficulty=1).save()
 

requirements.in

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 Django>=5,<6
 Markdown
+requests
 pymdown-extensions
 mock
 parameterized
-tweepy
 autopep8
 pip-tools
 pytest

requirements.txt

@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ markdown==3.10.2
     #   pymdown-extensions
 mock==5.2.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-oauthlib==3.3.1
-    # via
-    #   requests-oauthlib
-    #   tweepy
 packaging==26.2
     # via
     #   build
@@ -73,17 +69,11 @@ pytest-django==4.12.0
 pyyaml==6.0.3
     # via pymdown-extensions
 requests==2.34.2
-    # via
-    #   requests-oauthlib
-    #   tweepy
-requests-oauthlib==2.0.0
-    # via tweepy
+    # via -r requirements.in
 splinter[django]==0.21.0
     # via -r requirements.in
 sqlparse==0.5.5
     # via django
-tweepy==4.16.0
-    # via -r requirements.in
 urllib3==2.7.0
     # via
     #   requests