Add Date Filtering and Character Merging to Twitter Scraper

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Summary

This PR adds two key enhancements to the Twitter scraper pipeline:

Date Range Filtering

Users can specify --start-date and--end-dateto only collect tweets within a given time window.

Character Merging

– Allows merging tweets from multiple accounts into a single “character,” with options to filter retweets, sort by engagement, and more.

These changes unify the new functionality into the existing pipeline and preserve backward compatibility.

Changes

src/twitter/TwitterPipeline.js

• Added support for command-line date arguments (--start-date / --end-date).
• Enhanced fallback login flow for rate-limit and login failures.
• Extended the pipeline’s analytics, including content type breakdown and engagement stats.

src/twitter/merge_characters.js

• Provides utilities for merging tweets across different accounts.
• Generates combined stats (engagement totals, date range) and outputs JSON + fine-tuning files.
• src/virtuals/GenerateMergedCharacter.js
• Creates a new “character” from multiple source accounts.
• Saves merged tweets to pipeline//... with analytics and optional date filtering.
• package.json

General

• Bumped version number and updated scripts.
• Ensured dependencies align (removed commander if it was no longer needed, etc.).
• README.md
• Documented how to run the scraper with date filtering and how to merge characters.

Testing

Local Tests

• Ran npm run twitter -- <username> --start-date 2024-10-01 --end-date 2025-01-30 to confirm date filtering.
• Verified fallback login flow still works if credentials are invalid or if rate limits occur.
• Confirmed correct output in pipeline//... for the new date-limited tweets.

Merging Characters

• Used npm run merge_characters (or equivalent script) to merge multiple accounts.

• Checked that merge_stats.json and merged_tweets.json were correctly generated.

• No Breaking Changes

• Existing usage (without date arguments) still collects full tweet history.

• If fallback isn’t triggered, primary flow remains the same.

Additional Context

• These changes build on the commits from last week’s date-filter update (see commit bb95cba).
• Should fix any issues with partial collection or older commits not merging properly.
• Thank you for reviewing this PR. Please let me know if there’s anything else I can clarify or adjust!

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