chore: Twitter search switch

.env.example

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ TWITTER_EMAIL=    # Account email
 TWITTER_2FA_SECRET=
 TWITTER_COOKIES= # Account cookies
 TWITTER_POLL_INTERVAL=120 # How often (in seconds) the bot should check for interactions
+TWITTER_SEARCH_ENABLE=FALSE # Enable timeline search, WARNING this greatly increases your chance of getting banned
 TWITTER_TARGET_USERS= # Comma separated list of Twitter user names to interact with
 X_SERVER_URL=
 XAI_API_KEY=

agent/src/index.ts

@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ export async function initializeClients(
     }
 
     if (clientTypes.includes("twitter")) {
+        TwitterClientInterface.enableSearch = !isFalsish(getSecret(character, "TWITTER_SEARCH_ENABLE"));
         const twitterClients = await TwitterClientInterface.start(runtime);
         clients.push(twitterClients);
     }
@@ -358,6 +359,22 @@ export async function initializeClients(
     return clients;
 }
 
+function isFalsish(input: any): boolean {
+    // If the input is exactly NaN, return true
+    if (Number.isNaN(input)) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // Convert input to a string if it's not null or undefined
+    const value = input == null ? '' : String(input);
+
+    // List of common falsish string representations
+    const falsishValues = ['false', '0', 'no', 'n', 'off', 'null', 'undefined', ''];
+
+    // Check if the value (trimmed and lowercased) is in the falsish list
+    return falsishValues.includes(value.trim().toLowerCase());
+}
+
 function getSecret(character: Character, secret: string) {
     return character.settings.secrets?.[secret] || process.env[secret];
 }

packages/client-twitter/src/index.ts

@@ -10,24 +10,34 @@ class TwitterManager {
     post: TwitterPostClient;
     search: TwitterSearchClient;
     interaction: TwitterInteractionClient;
-    constructor(runtime: IAgentRuntime) {
+    constructor(runtime: IAgentRuntime, enableSearch:boolean) {
         this.client = new ClientBase(runtime);
         this.post = new TwitterPostClient(this.client, runtime);
-        //this.search = new TwitterSearchClient(this.client, runtime); // don't start the search client by default
-        // this searches topics from character file, but kind of violates consent of random users
-        // burns your rate limit and can get your account banned
-        // use at your own risk
+
+        if (enableSearch) {
+          // this searches topics from character file
+          elizaLogger.warn('Twitter/X client running in a mode that:')
+          elizaLogger.warn('1. violates consent of random users')
+          elizaLogger.warn('2. burns your rate limit')
+          elizaLogger.warn('3. can get your account banned')
+          elizaLogger.warn('use at your own risk')
+          this.search = new TwitterSearchClient(this.client, runtime); // don't start the search client by default
+        }
         this.interaction = new TwitterInteractionClient(this.client, runtime);
     }
 }
 
 export const TwitterClientInterface: Client = {
+
     async start(runtime: IAgentRuntime) {
         await validateTwitterConfig(runtime);
 
         elizaLogger.log("Twitter client started");
 
-        const manager = new TwitterManager(runtime);
+        // enableSearch is just set previous to this call
+        // so enableSearch can change over time
+        // and changing it won't stop the SearchClient in the existing instance
+        const manager = new TwitterManager(runtime, this.enableSearch);
 
         await manager.client.init();