twitter-search.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

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# twitter-search
#  - performs a basic keyword search for tweets containing the keywords
#    "lazy" and "dog"
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from twitter import *

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# load our API credentials
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import sys

sys.path.append(".")
import config

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# create twitter API object
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twitter = Twitter(auth=OAuth(config.access_key,
                             config.access_secret,
                             config.consumer_key,
                             config.consumer_secret))

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# perform a basic search 
# Twitter API docs:
# https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/get/search/tweets
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query = twitter.search.tweets(q="lazy dog")

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# How long did this query take?
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print("Search complete (%.3f seconds)" % (query["search_metadata"]["completed_in"]))

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# Loop through each of the results, and print its content.
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for result in query["statuses"]:
    print("(%s) @%s %s" % (result["created_at"], result["user"]["screen_name"], result["text"]))