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| |
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| | """
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| | NLTK Twitter client
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| |
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| | This module offers methods for collecting and processing Tweets. Most of the
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| | functionality depends on access to the Twitter APIs, and this is handled via
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| | the third party Twython library.
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| |
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| | If one of the methods below returns an integer, it is probably a `Twitter
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| | error code <https://dev.twitter.com/overview/api/response-codes>`_. For
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| | example, the response of '420' means that you have reached the limit of the
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| | requests you can currently make to the Twitter API. Currently, `rate limits
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| | for the search API <https://dev.twitter.com/rest/public/rate-limiting>`_ are
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| | divided into 15 minute windows.
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| | """
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| |
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| | import datetime
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| | import gzip
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| | import itertools
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| | import json
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| | import os
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| | import time
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| |
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| | import requests
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| | from twython import Twython, TwythonStreamer
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| | from twython.exceptions import TwythonError, TwythonRateLimitError
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| |
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| | from nltk.twitter.api import BasicTweetHandler, TweetHandlerI
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| | from nltk.twitter.util import credsfromfile, guess_path
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| |
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| |
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| | class Streamer(TwythonStreamer):
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| | """
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| | Retrieve data from the Twitter Streaming API.
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| |
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| | The streaming API requires
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| | `OAuth 1.0 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OAuth>`_ authentication.
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| | """
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| |
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| | def __init__(self, app_key, app_secret, oauth_token, oauth_token_secret):
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| |
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| | self.handler = None
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| | self.do_continue = True
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| | TwythonStreamer.__init__(
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| | self, app_key, app_secret, oauth_token, oauth_token_secret
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| | )
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| |
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| | def register(self, handler):
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| | """
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| | Register a method for handling Tweets.
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| |
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| | :param TweetHandlerI handler: method for viewing
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| | """
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| | self.handler = handler
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| |
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| | def on_success(self, data):
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| | """
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| | :param data: response from Twitter API
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| | """
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| | if self.do_continue:
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| | if self.handler is not None:
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| | if "text" in data:
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| | self.handler.counter += 1
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| | self.handler.handle(data)
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| | self.do_continue = self.handler.do_continue()
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| | else:
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| | raise ValueError("No data handler has been registered.")
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| | else:
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| | self.disconnect()
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| | self.handler.on_finish()
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| |
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| | def on_error(self, status_code, data):
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| | """
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| | :param status_code: The status code returned by the Twitter API
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| | :param data: The response from Twitter API
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| |
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| | """
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| | print(status_code)
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| |
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| | def sample(self):
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| | """
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| | Wrapper for 'statuses / sample' API call
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| | """
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| | while self.do_continue:
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| | try:
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| | self.statuses.sample()
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| | except requests.exceptions.ChunkedEncodingError as e:
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| | if e is not None:
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| | print(f"Error (stream will continue): {e}")
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| | continue
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| |
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| | def filter(self, track="", follow="", lang="en"):
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| | """
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| | Wrapper for 'statuses / filter' API call
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| | """
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| | while self.do_continue:
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| |
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| |
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| | try:
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| | if track == "" and follow == "":
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| | msg = "Please supply a value for 'track', 'follow'"
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| | raise ValueError(msg)
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| | self.statuses.filter(track=track, follow=follow, lang=lang)
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| | except requests.exceptions.ChunkedEncodingError as e:
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| | if e is not None:
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| | print(f"Error (stream will continue): {e}")
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| | continue
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| |
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| |
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| | class Query(Twython):
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| | """
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| | Retrieve data from the Twitter REST API.
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| | """
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| |
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| | def __init__(self, app_key, app_secret, oauth_token, oauth_token_secret):
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| | """
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| | :param app_key: (optional) Your applications key
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| | :param app_secret: (optional) Your applications secret key
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| | :param oauth_token: (optional) When using **OAuth 1**, combined with
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| | oauth_token_secret to make authenticated calls
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| | :param oauth_token_secret: (optional) When using **OAuth 1** combined
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| | with oauth_token to make authenticated calls
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| | """
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| | self.handler = None
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| | self.do_continue = True
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| | Twython.__init__(self, app_key, app_secret, oauth_token, oauth_token_secret)
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| |
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| | def register(self, handler):
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| | """
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| | Register a method for handling Tweets.
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| |
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| | :param TweetHandlerI handler: method for viewing or writing Tweets to a file.
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| | """
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| | self.handler = handler
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| |
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| | def expand_tweetids(self, ids_f, verbose=True):
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| | """
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| | Given a file object containing a list of Tweet IDs, fetch the
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| | corresponding full Tweets from the Twitter API.
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| |
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| | The API call `statuses/lookup` will fail to retrieve a Tweet if the
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| | user has deleted it.
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| |
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| | This call to the Twitter API is rate-limited. See
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| | <https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/get/statuses/lookup> for details.
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| |
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| | :param ids_f: input file object consisting of Tweet IDs, one to a line
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| | :return: iterable of Tweet objects in JSON format
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| | """
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| | ids = [line.strip() for line in ids_f if line]
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| |
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| | if verbose:
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| | print(f"Counted {len(ids)} Tweet IDs in {ids_f}.")
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| | id_chunks = [ids[i : i + 100] for i in range(0, len(ids), 100)]
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| |
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| | chunked_tweets = (self.lookup_status(id=chunk) for chunk in id_chunks)
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| |
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| | return itertools.chain.from_iterable(chunked_tweets)
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| |
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| | def _search_tweets(self, keywords, limit=100, lang="en"):
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| | """
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| | Assumes that the handler has been informed. Fetches Tweets from
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| | search_tweets generator output and passses them to handler
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| |
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| | :param str keywords: A list of query terms to search for, written as\
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| | a comma-separated string.
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| | :param int limit: Number of Tweets to process
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| | :param str lang: language
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| | """
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| | while True:
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| | tweets = self.search_tweets(
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| | keywords=keywords, limit=limit, lang=lang, max_id=self.handler.max_id
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| | )
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| | for tweet in tweets:
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| | self.handler.handle(tweet)
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| | if not (self.handler.do_continue() and self.handler.repeat):
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| | break
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| | self.handler.on_finish()
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| |
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| | def search_tweets(
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| | self,
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| | keywords,
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| | limit=100,
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| | lang="en",
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| | max_id=None,
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| | retries_after_twython_exception=0,
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| | ):
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| | """
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| | Call the REST API ``'search/tweets'`` endpoint with some plausible
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| | defaults. See `the Twitter search documentation
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| | <https://dev.twitter.com/rest/public/search>`_ for more information
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| | about admissible search parameters.
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| |
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| | :param str keywords: A list of query terms to search for, written as\
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| | a comma-separated string
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| | :param int limit: Number of Tweets to process
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| | :param str lang: language
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| | :param int max_id: id of the last tweet fetched
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| | :param int retries_after_twython_exception: number of retries when\
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| | searching Tweets before raising an exception
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| | :rtype: python generator
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| | """
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| | if not self.handler:
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| |
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| |
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| | self.handler = BasicTweetHandler(limit=limit)
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| |
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| | count_from_query = 0
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| | if max_id:
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| | self.handler.max_id = max_id
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| | else:
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| | results = self.search(
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| | q=keywords, count=min(100, limit), lang=lang, result_type="recent"
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| | )
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| | count = len(results["statuses"])
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| | if count == 0:
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| | print("No Tweets available through REST API for those keywords")
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| | return
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| | count_from_query = count
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| | self.handler.max_id = results["statuses"][count - 1]["id"] - 1
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| |
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| | for result in results["statuses"]:
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| | yield result
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| | self.handler.counter += 1
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| | if self.handler.do_continue() == False:
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| | return
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| | retries = 0
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| | while count_from_query < limit:
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| | try:
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| | mcount = min(100, limit - count_from_query)
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| | results = self.search(
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| | q=keywords,
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| | count=mcount,
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| | lang=lang,
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| | max_id=self.handler.max_id,
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| | result_type="recent",
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| | )
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| | except TwythonRateLimitError as e:
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| | print(f"Waiting for 15 minutes -{e}")
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| | time.sleep(15 * 60)
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| | continue
|
| | except TwythonError as e:
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| | print(f"Fatal error in Twython request -{e}")
|
| | if retries_after_twython_exception == retries:
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| | raise e
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| | retries += 1
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| |
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| | count = len(results["statuses"])
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| | if count == 0:
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| | print("No more Tweets available through rest api")
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| | return
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| | count_from_query += count
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| | self.handler.max_id = results["statuses"][count - 1]["id"] - 1
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| |
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| | for result in results["statuses"]:
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| | yield result
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| | self.handler.counter += 1
|
| | if self.handler.do_continue() == False:
|
| | return
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| |
|
| | def user_info_from_id(self, userids):
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| | """
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| | Convert a list of userIDs into a variety of information about the users.
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| |
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| | See <https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/get/users/show>.
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| |
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| | :param list userids: A list of integer strings corresponding to Twitter userIDs
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| | :rtype: list(json)
|
| | """
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| | return [self.show_user(user_id=userid) for userid in userids]
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| |
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| | def user_tweets(self, screen_name, limit, include_rts="false"):
|
| | """
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| | Return a collection of the most recent Tweets posted by the user
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| |
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| | :param str user: The user's screen name; the initial '@' symbol\
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| | should be omitted
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| | :param int limit: The number of Tweets to recover; 200 is the maximum allowed
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| | :param str include_rts: Whether to include statuses which have been\
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| | retweeted by the user; possible values are 'true' and 'false'
|
| | """
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| | data = self.get_user_timeline(
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| | screen_name=screen_name, count=limit, include_rts=include_rts
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| | )
|
| | for item in data:
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| | self.handler.handle(item)
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| |
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| |
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| | class Twitter:
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| | """
|
| | Wrapper class with restricted functionality and fewer options.
|
| | """
|
| |
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| | def __init__(self):
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| | self._oauth = credsfromfile()
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| | self.streamer = Streamer(**self._oauth)
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| | self.query = Query(**self._oauth)
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| |
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| | def tweets(
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| | self,
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| | keywords="",
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| | follow="",
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| | to_screen=True,
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| | stream=True,
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| | limit=100,
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| | date_limit=None,
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| | lang="en",
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| | repeat=False,
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| | gzip_compress=False,
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| | ):
|
| | """
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| | Process some Tweets in a simple manner.
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| |
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| | :param str keywords: Keywords to use for searching or filtering
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| | :param list follow: UserIDs to use for filtering Tweets from the public stream
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| | :param bool to_screen: If `True`, display the tweet texts on the screen,\
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| | otherwise print to a file
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| |
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| | :param bool stream: If `True`, use the live public stream,\
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| | otherwise search past public Tweets
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| |
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| | :param int limit: The number of data items to process in the current\
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| | round of processing.
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| |
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| | :param tuple date_limit: The date at which to stop collecting\
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| | new data. This should be entered as a tuple which can serve as the\
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| | argument to `datetime.datetime`.\
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| | E.g. `date_limit=(2015, 4, 1, 12, 40)` for 12:30 pm on April 1 2015.
|
| | Note that, in the case of streaming, this is the maximum date, i.e.\
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| | a date in the future; if not, it is the minimum date, i.e. a date\
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| | in the past
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| |
|
| | :param str lang: language
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| |
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| | :param bool repeat: A flag to determine whether multiple files should\
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| | be written. If `True`, the length of each file will be set by the\
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| | value of `limit`. Use only if `to_screen` is `False`. See also
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| | :py:func:`handle`.
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| |
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| | :param gzip_compress: if `True`, output files are compressed with gzip.
|
| | """
|
| | if stream:
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| | upper_date_limit = date_limit
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| | lower_date_limit = None
|
| | else:
|
| | upper_date_limit = None
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| | lower_date_limit = date_limit
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| |
|
| | if to_screen:
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| | handler = TweetViewer(
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| | limit=limit,
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| | upper_date_limit=upper_date_limit,
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| | lower_date_limit=lower_date_limit,
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| | )
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| | else:
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| | handler = TweetWriter(
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| | limit=limit,
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| | upper_date_limit=upper_date_limit,
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| | lower_date_limit=lower_date_limit,
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| | repeat=repeat,
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| | gzip_compress=gzip_compress,
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| | )
|
| |
|
| | if to_screen:
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| | handler = TweetViewer(limit=limit)
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| | else:
|
| | if stream:
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| | upper_date_limit = date_limit
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| | lower_date_limit = None
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| | else:
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| | upper_date_limit = None
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| | lower_date_limit = date_limit
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| |
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| | handler = TweetWriter(
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| | limit=limit,
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| | upper_date_limit=upper_date_limit,
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| | lower_date_limit=lower_date_limit,
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| | repeat=repeat,
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| | gzip_compress=gzip_compress,
|
| | )
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| |
|
| | if stream:
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| | self.streamer.register(handler)
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| | if keywords == "" and follow == "":
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| | self.streamer.sample()
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| | else:
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| | self.streamer.filter(track=keywords, follow=follow, lang=lang)
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| | else:
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| | self.query.register(handler)
|
| | if keywords == "":
|
| | raise ValueError("Please supply at least one keyword to search for.")
|
| | else:
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| | self.query._search_tweets(keywords, limit=limit, lang=lang)
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| |
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| |
|
| | class TweetViewer(TweetHandlerI):
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| | """
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| | Handle data by sending it to the terminal.
|
| | """
|
| |
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| | def handle(self, data):
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| | """
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| | Direct data to `sys.stdout`
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| |
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| | :return: return ``False`` if processing should cease, otherwise return ``True``.
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| | :rtype: bool
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| | :param data: Tweet object returned by Twitter API
|
| | """
|
| | text = data["text"]
|
| | print(text)
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| |
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| | self.check_date_limit(data)
|
| | if self.do_stop:
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| | return
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| |
|
| | def on_finish(self):
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| | print(f"Written {self.counter} Tweets")
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| |
|
| |
|
| | class TweetWriter(TweetHandlerI):
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| | """
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| | Handle data by writing it to a file.
|
| | """
|
| |
|
| | def __init__(
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| | self,
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| | limit=2000,
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| | upper_date_limit=None,
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| | lower_date_limit=None,
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| | fprefix="tweets",
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| | subdir="twitter-files",
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| | repeat=False,
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| | gzip_compress=False,
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| | ):
|
| | """
|
| | The difference between the upper and lower date limits depends on
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| | whether Tweets are coming in an ascending date order (i.e. when
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| | streaming) or descending date order (i.e. when searching past Tweets).
|
| |
|
| | :param int limit: number of data items to process in the current\
|
| | round of processing.
|
| |
|
| | :param tuple upper_date_limit: The date at which to stop collecting new\
|
| | data. This should be entered as a tuple which can serve as the\
|
| | argument to `datetime.datetime`. E.g. `upper_date_limit=(2015, 4, 1, 12,\
|
| | 40)` for 12:30 pm on April 1 2015.
|
| |
|
| | :param tuple lower_date_limit: The date at which to stop collecting new\
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| | data. See `upper_data_limit` for formatting.
|
| |
|
| | :param str fprefix: The prefix to use in creating file names for Tweet\
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| | collections.
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| |
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| | :param str subdir: The name of the directory where Tweet collection\
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| | files should be stored.
|
| |
|
| | :param bool repeat: flag to determine whether multiple files should be\
|
| | written. If `True`, the length of each file will be set by the value\
|
| | of `limit`. See also :py:func:`handle`.
|
| |
|
| | :param gzip_compress: if `True`, output files are compressed with gzip.
|
| | """
|
| | self.fprefix = fprefix
|
| | self.subdir = guess_path(subdir)
|
| | self.gzip_compress = gzip_compress
|
| | self.fname = self.timestamped_file()
|
| | self.repeat = repeat
|
| | self.output = None
|
| | TweetHandlerI.__init__(self, limit, upper_date_limit, lower_date_limit)
|
| |
|
| | def timestamped_file(self):
|
| | """
|
| | :return: timestamped file name
|
| | :rtype: str
|
| | """
|
| | subdir = self.subdir
|
| | fprefix = self.fprefix
|
| | if subdir:
|
| | if not os.path.exists(subdir):
|
| | os.mkdir(subdir)
|
| |
|
| | fname = os.path.join(subdir, fprefix)
|
| | fmt = "%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"
|
| | timestamp = datetime.datetime.now().strftime(fmt)
|
| | if self.gzip_compress:
|
| | suffix = ".gz"
|
| | else:
|
| | suffix = ""
|
| | outfile = f"{fname}.{timestamp}.json{suffix}"
|
| | return outfile
|
| |
|
| | def handle(self, data):
|
| | """
|
| | Write Twitter data as line-delimited JSON into one or more files.
|
| |
|
| | :return: return `False` if processing should cease, otherwise return `True`.
|
| | :param data: tweet object returned by Twitter API
|
| | """
|
| | if self.startingup:
|
| | if self.gzip_compress:
|
| | self.output = gzip.open(self.fname, "w")
|
| | else:
|
| | self.output = open(self.fname, "w")
|
| | print(f"Writing to {self.fname}")
|
| |
|
| | json_data = json.dumps(data)
|
| | if self.gzip_compress:
|
| | self.output.write((json_data + "\n").encode("utf-8"))
|
| | else:
|
| | self.output.write(json_data + "\n")
|
| |
|
| | self.check_date_limit(data)
|
| | if self.do_stop:
|
| | return
|
| |
|
| | self.startingup = False
|
| |
|
| | def on_finish(self):
|
| | print(f"Written {self.counter} Tweets")
|
| | if self.output:
|
| | self.output.close()
|
| |
|
| | def do_continue(self):
|
| | if self.repeat == False:
|
| | return TweetHandlerI.do_continue(self)
|
| |
|
| | if self.do_stop:
|
| |
|
| | return False
|
| |
|
| | if self.counter == self.limit:
|
| |
|
| |
|
| | self._restart_file()
|
| | return True
|
| |
|
| | def _restart_file(self):
|
| | self.on_finish()
|
| | self.fname = self.timestamped_file()
|
| | self.startingup = True
|
| | self.counter = 0
|
| |
|