twitter-lib-python

Usage

As per Installation doc, activate the virtual environment before running these commands. `

$ source venv/bin/activate

CLI

Note use of unbuffered -u flag in some cases for immediate printing.

Validate credentials

$ make auth

Get tweets of a Twitter user

Using the default.

$ make timeline

Specify a username.

$ make demo-timeline screen_name=BarackObama

Trends

$ make trends

Python package API

Get tweets of a Twitter user

TODO: Make this an installable package.

Use the library in your own project.

Load config details:

$ export $(< .env.local | xargs)

Set up a script.

• main.py

    import twitterlib.timeline
    from twitterlib import api_auth
  s
  
    api = api_auth.app_access_token_api()
  
    cursor = twitterlib.timeline.get_timeline(api, screen_name="BarackObama")
  
    for tweet in cursor.items(300):
        print(tweet.full_text)
  

Run it:

$ python main.py

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