TwitterAPI is a minimal python wrapper for the TwitterAPIs. A list of what it can do:
- Support for all V1.1 and V2 endpoints, plus Premium, Ads, Labs, Collections.
- OAuth1 and bearer token authentication, and proxy server authentication.
- Streaming endpoints.
- Paging results.
- The option to "hydrate" results returned by V2 endpoints.
- Error handling.
> pip install TwitterAPI
[More examples in TwitterAPI/examples/v1.1]
Search for recent tweets
from TwitterAPI import TwitterAPI api = TwitterAPI(consumer_key, consumer_secret, access_token_key, access_token_secret) r = api.request('search/tweets', {'q':'pizza'}) for item in r: print(item)
Stream tweets from New York City as they get tweeted
r = api.request('statuses/filter', {'locations':'-74,40,-73,41'}) for item in r: print(item)
[More examples in TwitterAPI/examples/v2 ]
Search for recent tweets, and specify fields and expansions
from TwitterAPI import TwitterAPI api = TwitterAPI(consumer_key, consumer_secret, access_token_key, access_token_secret, api_version='2') r = api.request('tweets/search/recent', { 'query':'pizza', 'tweet.fields':'author_id', 'expansions':'author_id'}) for item in r: print(item)
The request()
method works with all version 1.1 and version 2 endpoints. Typcally, request()
takes two arguments: a Twitter endpoint and a dictionary of endpoint parameters.
The method returns an object that will iterate either search results and streams. The returned object also gives you access to the raw response (r.text
) and the HTTP status code (r.status_code
). See the requests library documentation for more details.
- An Introduction
- Authentication
- Error Handling
- Paging Results
- Tiny Examples
- Fault Tolerant Streams and Pages
Command-Line Utility (examples/cli)