bonzanini · May 20, 2025 02:55 · ericdorsey · Mar 15, 2018 · pbajpai2 · Jul 10, 2018
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
 consumer_key = 'your-consumer-key'
 consumer_secret = 'your-consumer-secret'
 access_token = 'your-access-token'
 access_secret = 'your-access-secret'
diff --git a/twitter_stream_download.py b/twitter_stream_download.py
 # To run this code, first edit config.py with your configuration, then:
 #
 # mkdir data
 # python twitter_stream_download.py -q apple -d data
 # 
 # It will produce the list of tweets for the query "apple" 
 # in the file data/stream_apple.json

 import tweepy
 from tweepy import Stream
 from tweepy import OAuthHandler
 from tweepy.streaming import StreamListener
 import time
 import argparse
 import string
 import config
 import json

 def get_parser():
    """Get parser for command line arguments."""
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Twitter Downloader")
    parser.add_argument("-q",
                        "--query",
                        dest="query",
                        help="Query/Filter",
                        default='-')
    parser.add_argument("-d",
                        "--data-dir",
                        dest="data_dir",
                        help="Output/Data Directory")
    return parser


 class MyListener(StreamListener):
    """Custom StreamListener for streaming data."""

    def __init__(self, data_dir, query):
        query_fname = format_filename(query)
        self.outfile = "%s/stream_%s.json" % (data_dir, query_fname)

    def on_data(self, data):
        try:
            with open(self.outfile, 'a') as f:
                f.write(data)
                print(data)
                return True
        except BaseException as e:
            print("Error on_data: %s" % str(e))
            time.sleep(5)
        return True

    def on_error(self, status):
        print(status)
        return True


 def format_filename(fname):
    """Convert file name into a safe string.

    Arguments:
        fname -- the file name to convert
    Return:
        String -- converted file name
    """
    return ''.join(convert_valid(one_char) for one_char in fname)


 def convert_valid(one_char):
    """Convert a character into '_' if invalid.

    Arguments:
        one_char -- the char to convert
    Return:
        Character -- converted char
    """
    valid_chars = "-_.%s%s" % (string.ascii_letters, string.digits)
    if one_char in valid_chars:
        return one_char
    else:
        return '_'

 @classmethod
 def parse(cls, api, raw):
    status = cls.first_parse(api, raw)
    setattr(status, 'json', json.dumps(raw))
    return status

 if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = get_parser()
    args = parser.parse_args()
    auth = OAuthHandler(config.consumer_key, config.consumer_secret)
    auth.set_access_token(config.access_token, config.access_secret)
    api = tweepy.API(auth)

    twitter_stream = Stream(auth, MyListener(args.data_dir, args.query))
    twitter_stream.filter(track=[args.query])
	consumer_key = 'your-consumer-key'
	consumer_secret = 'your-consumer-secret'
	access_token = 'your-access-token'
	access_secret = 'your-access-secret'
	# To run this code, first edit config.py with your configuration, then:
	#
	# mkdir data
	# python twitter_stream_download.py -q apple -d data
	#
	# It will produce the list of tweets for the query "apple"
	# in the file data/stream_apple.json

	import tweepy
	from tweepy import Stream
	from tweepy import OAuthHandler
	from tweepy.streaming import StreamListener
	import time
	import argparse
	import string
	import config
	import json

	def get_parser():
	"""Get parser for command line arguments."""
	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Twitter Downloader")
	parser.add_argument("-q",
	"--query",
	dest="query",
	help="Query/Filter",
	default='-')
	parser.add_argument("-d",
	"--data-dir",
	dest="data_dir",
	help="Output/Data Directory")
	return parser


	class MyListener(StreamListener):
	"""Custom StreamListener for streaming data."""

	def __init__(self, data_dir, query):
	query_fname = format_filename(query)
	self.outfile = "%s/stream_%s.json" % (data_dir, query_fname)

	def on_data(self, data):
	try:
	with open(self.outfile, 'a') as f:
	f.write(data)
	print(data)
	return True
	except BaseException as e:
	print("Error on_data: %s" % str(e))
	time.sleep(5)
	return True

	def on_error(self, status):
	print(status)
	return True


	def format_filename(fname):
	"""Convert file name into a safe string.

	Arguments:
	fname -- the file name to convert
	Return:
	String -- converted file name
	"""
	return ''.join(convert_valid(one_char) for one_char in fname)


	def convert_valid(one_char):
	"""Convert a character into '_' if invalid.

	Arguments:
	one_char -- the char to convert
	Return:
	Character -- converted char
	"""
	valid_chars = "-_.%s%s" % (string.ascii_letters, string.digits)
	if one_char in valid_chars:
	return one_char
	else:
	return '_'

	@classmethod
	def parse(cls, api, raw):
	status = cls.first_parse(api, raw)
	setattr(status, 'json', json.dumps(raw))
	return status

	if __name__ == '__main__':
	parser = get_parser()
	args = parser.parse_args()
	auth = OAuthHandler(config.consumer_key, config.consumer_secret)
	auth.set_access_token(config.access_token, config.access_secret)
	api = tweepy.API(auth)

	twitter_stream = Stream(auth, MyListener(args.data_dir, args.query))
	twitter_stream.filter(track=[args.query])