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  1. marydn revised this gist Sep 26, 2018. 1 changed file with 10 additions and 9 deletions.
    19 changes: 10 additions & 9 deletions remove_tweets.py
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    # Delete tweets older than this ID
    max_id = 807213779268358144
    dry_run = False

    # in case you want to filter status by dates
    startDate = datetime.datetime(2015, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)
    endDate = datetime.datetime(2010, 12, 31, 0, 0, 0)
    startDate = datetime.datetime(2016, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)
    endDate = datetime.datetime(2016, 12, 31, 0, 0, 0)

    # authentication
    auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
    @@ -27,11 +28,11 @@

    screen_name = api.verify_credentials().screen_name

    def get_statuses_by_dates(from_date, to_date):
    def get_statuses_by_dates():
    tweets = []
    tmpTweets = tweepy.Cursor(api.user_timeline).items()
    for tweet in tmpTweets:
    if tweet.created_at < to_date and tweet.created_at > from_date:
    if tweet.created_at >= startDate and tweet.created_at <= endDate:
    tweets.append(tweet)

    return tweets
    @@ -40,17 +41,17 @@ def get_statuses_by_max_id():
    return tweepy.Cursor(api.user_timeline, max_id = max_id).items()

    def print_status(tweet):
    print("Deleted: ", tweet.id, " - Date: ", tweet.created_at, " - ", tweet.text)
    print("Deleted: ", tweet.id, " - Date: ", tweet.created_at, " - ", tweet.text.encode('utf8'))

    def delete_status(tweet):
    try:
    api.destroy_status(tweet.id)
    if dry_run == False:
    api.destroy_status(tweet.id)
    print_status(tweet)
    except:
    print("Failed to delete: ", tweet.id)


    print("Deleting tweets for: @", screen_name)
    for status in get_statuses_by_dates(startDate, endDate):
    #delete_status(status)
    print_status(status)
    for status in get_statuses_by_dates():
    delete_status(status)
  2. marydn created this gist Sep 26, 2018.
    56 changes: 56 additions & 0 deletions remove_tweets.py
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    #!/usr/bin/python

    from __future__ import print_function
    import tweepy
    import itertools
    import datetime

    # OAuth application
    consumer_key = "<<CONSUMER_KEY>>"
    consumer_secret = "<<CONSUMER_SECRET>>"
    # OAuth account
    access_token = "<<ACCESS_TOKEN>>"
    access_token_secret = "<<ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET>>"

    # Delete tweets older than this ID
    max_id = 807213779268358144

    # in case you want to filter status by dates
    startDate = datetime.datetime(2015, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)
    endDate = datetime.datetime(2010, 12, 31, 0, 0, 0)

    # authentication
    auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
    auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)

    api = tweepy.API(auth)

    screen_name = api.verify_credentials().screen_name

    def get_statuses_by_dates(from_date, to_date):
    tweets = []
    tmpTweets = tweepy.Cursor(api.user_timeline).items()
    for tweet in tmpTweets:
    if tweet.created_at < to_date and tweet.created_at > from_date:
    tweets.append(tweet)

    return tweets

    def get_statuses_by_max_id():
    return tweepy.Cursor(api.user_timeline, max_id = max_id).items()

    def print_status(tweet):
    print("Deleted: ", tweet.id, " - Date: ", tweet.created_at, " - ", tweet.text)

    def delete_status(tweet):
    try:
    api.destroy_status(tweet.id)
    print_status(tweet)
    except:
    print("Failed to delete: ", tweet.id)


    print("Deleting tweets for: @", screen_name)
    for status in get_statuses_by_dates(startDate, endDate):
    #delete_status(status)
    print_status(status)