old_contents: import tweepy, time, random
  
  def main():
      CONSUMER_KEY = 'your_consumer_key'
      CONSUMER_SECRET = 'your_consumer_secret'
      ACCESS_KEY = 'your_access_key'
      ACCESS_SECRET = 'your_access_secret'
  
      auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
      auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_KEY, ACCESS_SECRET)
      api = tweepy.API(auth)
  
      while True:
          minion_tweets = api.search(q="minions")
  
          answers_file = open('custom/answers/answers.txt', 'r')
          minion_answers = answers_file.read().splitlines()
          answers_file.close()
  
          for minion_tweet in minion_tweets:
              sn = minion_tweet.user.screen_name
              minion_answer = "@%s %s" % (sn, random.choice(minion_answers))
              api.update_status(status=minion_answer, in_reply_to_status_id=minion_tweet.id)
          
          time.sleep(900)
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      main()
new_contents: import tweepy, time, random
  
  def main():
      CONSUMER_KEY = 'your_consumer_key'
      CONSUMER_SECRET = 'your_consumer_secret'
      ACCESS_KEY = 'your_access_key'
      ACCESS_SECRET = 'your_access_secret'
  
      auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
      auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_KEY, ACCESS_SECRET)
      api = tweepy.API(auth)
  
      while True:
          minion_tweets = api.search(q="minions")
  
          try:
              answers_file = open('custom/answers/answers.txt', 'r')
              minion_answers = answers_file.read().splitlines()
              answers_file.close()
          except IOError:
              print "Oops, something went wrong. Could not find answers.txt file."
  
          for minion_tweet in minion_tweets:
              sn = minion_tweet.user.screen_name
              minion_answer = "@%s %s" % (sn, random.choice(minion_answers))
              api.update_status(status=minion_answer, in_reply_to_status_id=minion_tweet.id)
          
          time.sleep(900)
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      main()
subject: Add better error support for answers file