Fix search #14
Fix search #14
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| csrf_token = random.randbytes(16).hex() # Looks like any random string works | |||
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Just a note, randbytes is Python 3.9+ (late 2020). No idea if you want to support older versions, in that case it can be made to work, I guess hardcoding a fixed string might even be feasible.
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Personally, I'd like to run the code on Python 3.6. Seems as if there would be enough options available though ...
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This is definitely feasible.
It's just that Python 3.6 is already 7 years old, and already EOL. 3.7 is going to be EOL'd in 6 weeks according to https://devguide.python.org/versions/. Debian Bullseye (current stable) ships 3.9, and I usually find that to be a reasonable reference to set the cutoff point.
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@LinqLover Python 3.6 has already reached end of support, and Python 3.7 reaches end of support on 2023-06-27 (1 month 17 days away). TWINT should not care about Python versions that have reached end of support.
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Tests are now capable of passing on this branch. The first two commits (including #8) take care of fixing bugs that already prevented tests from working, independently of Twitter's latest changes. |
The search endpoint asks for it.
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That sounds great! Can you tell how stable this solution will be if you run twint regularly on a daily basis, i.e., how fast will the token/cookie expire? Will it work when you use the token/cookie to run twint on a different machine/IP address? |
No idea yet, but we run a twint job every 12 hours on github actions (https://github.com/catgirl-v/cubari/actions), so we'll find out soon enough.
It's working so far. |
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Is working for you guys? In my case this error is popping up, any advice? "ConnectionError: Access forbidden, try passing --auth-token." |
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Yes, it's working. I'm gonna need more details to help you. Did you in fact pass a valid authentication cookie as per the op? If so, please post minimum example that reproduces the problem. |
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Do I need to pass a valid authentication cookie, how so? I just use the changes in this pr and try to execute my previous code the that error message popped up. How can I do what you recommed? |
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Sounds to me like you didn't read any of the conversation in #13 and here. The error message is very clear, you need an auth token. This is the whole point of this PR: Twitter now requires login to search. Instructions are in the op. |
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Brilliant solution, works just fine. Thanks. |
My bad, I though that csrf_token = random.randbytes(16).hex() was it but I need to replace it with my auth token witch I get from Firefox browser, right? because I did make the change and I'm still having the same error ("ConnectionError: Access forbidden, try passing --auth-token."). Maybe am I doing something wrong? Some help would be nice please :) |
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No, you don't have to modify the code. Pass the token with the CSRF is unrelated, it's just that both changes were required to actually get it to work. |
I have my code implemented in AWS Lambda with twint's library as a layer. I update the lib and set the env variable as mentioned but I still having the same error. Locally, I'm getting the same result, if you could I would love to have some help :) [CRITICAL] 2023-05-12T20:53:44.334Z 38205fb9-65a5-41b2-b6ce-377909a1b4e3 twint.run:Twint:Feed:noData'data' |
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Thank you for the fix @9ary, works great! 😃 Tiny request, is it possible to add a wait time to prevent rate limits? Looks like ap.add_argument("--min-wait-time", type=float, default=15,
help="specifiy a minimum wait time in case of scraping limit error. This value will be adjusted by twint if the value provided does not satisfy the limits constraints") |
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For what it's worth, it seems the owner of this repo is inactive, so this PR is unlikely to be merged anytime soon. We've set up a fork at https://github.com/catgirl-v/twint. @leonardoulloa21 @batmanscode please open issues over there with the code or command line invocation that reproduces your problems. It's not practical to do all development and troubleshooting in a single PR thread. |
Makes sense, thanks! |
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I replacd everything on the changes on the py files of my twint but i keep getting the ones below on all of my searches. module 'random' has no attribute 'randbytes' |
You have to use python 3.9 or above. It's mentioned in some of the early comments |
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Thank. I replaced it to 3.9 but I got 'Access forbidden, try passing --auth-token.' i saw that auth tokens were added. how can i add this to the search function? i'm very new at this. How do i pass the auth token? |
Login to twitter on Firefox -> developer tools -> storage -> Auth token Then wherever you're running twint, save that as an environment variable called TWITTER_AUTH_TOKEN It should then run. Good luck |
Thanks it's working now. |
Hey @batmanscode Would you mind testing my code and tell me if you are getting the same error message? I'm trying to run it in jupyternotebook and then in AWS Lambda. `import twint os.environ["TWITTER_AUTH_TOKEN"] = "my_token" nest_asyncio.apply() c = twint.Config() I'm getting this error: Hope you can give a hand! Thanks in advanced |
I can only find Authentication tokens, and they're found in the developer portal, I didn't see any 'developer tools' or 'storage' on Firefox. Which of them Should I use? |
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@JoelBird hopefully this is detailed enough:
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Hi @9ary, thanks for the fix. But for now, using the command line, only the -u parameter works, the search parameter -s isn't work. Any idea why it isn't. I'm trying to debug it here. I'm getting CRITICAL:root:twint.run:Twint:Feed:noData'data' with |
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I'm having issues of Rate Limit exceeded? How do i fix this? what should i keep looping to override this? |
I'm not sure, sorry. I'm having the same issue :( |
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For those that this is working for, would someone be able run through
Hi all, is this still working for anyone? I'm experiencing the same issue as @leonardoulloa21 |
It's working fine on my end. Output: |
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Thanks @corpuzdonn, maybe it's a token issue from my end I attempted a huge scrape (4 weeks via search terms) and that got rate limited. Maybe that token wasn't valid after that Have you tried long scrapes? I saw there's a time out parameter but even setting that very high didn't work for me |
Would you mind packling up your twint library and share it to us, please! I might be doing something wrong because I have just tried it and I got the same result : CRITICAL:root:twint.run:Twint:Feed:noData'data' I don't think that this message is related to the auth token, it has to be something else... |
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I am actually getting the following below all of a sudden. Did something change? CRITICAL:root:twint.get:User:Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) |
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Most likely the latest Twitter changes require more API calls to be authenticated. Our scripts broke too but I'm currently on vacation. I'll have a look in a few days. |
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Has there been any updates. Idk if there was but my output has become: CRITICAL:root:twint.run:Twint:Feed:noData'globalObjects' |
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The search endpoint returns 404, it looks like they've finally killed it off. This means twint will need to be reworked to use the graphql API, which is a lot more work than I'm willing to put in personally. |
I see. It's ok. Will find alternative solutions. Thanks for your hard work! |
Search now requires being logged in + a CSRF token.
This PR adds a CLI flag to provide an authentication cookie (must be obtained by logging in with a browser, in Firefox the cookie can be found in the developer toolbox under the storage tab).
It looks like a randomly generated CSRF token works, so no complicated mechanism is required to obtain one.
Fixes #11.
Fixes #13.