Updated code => better logging mechanisms

Author: Maye Edwin

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-node_modules/
+bot/node_modules/
 bot/config.js
 Docs.md

bot/bot.js

@@ -1,40 +1,35 @@
 // Our Twitter library
 const Twit = require("twit");
 
-// We need to include our configuration file
+// We need to include our configuration file...
 const twit = new Twit(require("./config.js"));
 
-// This is the URL of a search for the latest tweets on the '#MeetMaye' hashtag.
+// This is the URL of a search for the latest tweets on the '#MeetMaye' hashtag...
 const mediaArtsSearch = { q: "#MeetMaye", count: 100, result_type: "recent" };
 
 // This function finds the latest tweet with the MeetMaye hashtag and retweets.
 const retweetLatest = () => {
   twit.get("search/tweets", mediaArtsSearch, (error, data) => {
-    // log out any errors and responses
-    console.log(error, data);
     // If our search request to the server had no errors...
-    if (!error) {
-      // ...then we grab the ID of the tweet we want to retweetwit...
-      let retweetId = data.statuses[0].id_str;
-      // ...and then we tell Twitter we want to retweet it!
+    if (error) {
+      // However, if our original search request had an error, we want to print it out here...
+      console.log(error.message);
+    } else {
+      // Grab the ID of the tweet we want to retweetwit...
+      const retweetId = data.statuses[0].id_str;
+      // Tell Twitter we want to retweet it...
       twit.post("statuses/retweet/" + retweetId, {}, (error, response) => {
         if (response) {
-          console.log(
-            "Success! Check your bot, it should have retweeted something."
-          );
+          console.log("Success! Your bot has retweeted something.");
         }
-        // If there was an error with our Twitter call, we print it out here.
+        // If there was an error with our Twitter call, we print it out here...
         if (error) {
-          console.log("There was an error with Twitter:", error);
+          console.log(error.message);
         }
       });
     }
-    // However, if our original search request had an error, we want to print it out here.
-    else {
-      console.log("There was an error with your hashtag search:", error);
-    }
   });
-}
+};
 
 // Try to retweet something as soon as we run the program...
 retweetLatest();