sadanalog · September 24, 2018 00:23 · Jan 25, 2014 · Aug 15, 2011 · May 19, 2009 · May 18, 2009
diff --git a/delete_all_tweets.py b/delete_all_tweets.py
@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@ def batch_delete(api):
     do_delete = raw_input("> ")
     if do_delete.lower() == 'yes':
         for status in tweepy.Cursor(api.user_timeline).items():
-            api.destroy_status(status.id)
-            print "Deleted:", status.id
+            try:
+                api.destroy_status(status.id)
+                print "Deleted:", status.id
+            except:
+                print "Failed to delete:", status.id
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     api = oauth_login(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)

diff --git a/delete_all_tweets.py b/delete_all_tweets.py
@@ -1,37 +1,43 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
-@requirements: python-twitter (http://code.google.com/p/python-twitter/) and simplejson (http://code.google.com/p/simplejson/)
-@author: Dave Jeffery
-
 This script will delete all of the tweets in the specified account.
 You may need to hit the "more" button on the bottom of your twitter profile
 page every now and then as the script runs, this is due to a bug in twitter.
+
+You will need to get a consumer key and consumer secret token to use this
+script, you can do so by registering a twitter application at https://dev.twitter.com/apps
+
+@requirements: Python 2.5+, Tweepy (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/tweepy/1.7.1)
+@author: Dave Jeffery
 """
-
-import twitter, urllib2
 
-def delete_tweet(api, status_id):
-    """Deletes tweet with matching status_id"""
-    api.DestroyStatus(status_id)
-    print "Deleted:", status_id
-
-def batch_delete(username, password, batch_size=200):
-    """Fetches tweets in batches and calls delete_tweet on each one"""
-    api = twitter.Api(username, password)
-    api.SetCache(None) # Caching needs to be turned off
+import tweepy
+
+CONSUMER_KEY = 'XXX'
+CONSUMER_SECRET = 'XXX'
+
+def oauth_login(consumer_key, consumer_secret):
+    """Authenticate with twitter using OAuth"""
+
+    auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
+    auth_url = auth.get_authorization_url()
+
+    verify_code = raw_input("Authenticate at %s and then enter you verification code here > " % auth_url) 
+    auth.get_access_token(verify_code)
 
-    print "Deleting all tweets from", username
-    batch = 0
-    while True: # Rinse and repeat
-        tweets = api.GetUserTimeline(username, count=batch_size) # Get batch of tweets
-        if tweets:
-            batch += 1
-            print "\nProcessing batch", batch
-            for tweet in tweets:
-                delete_tweet(api, tweet.id)
-        elif not tweets:
-            print "\nNo tweets left... Done"
-            break
+    return tweepy.API(auth)
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":      
-    batch_delete(username="user", password="pass")
+def batch_delete(api):
+    print "You are about to Delete all tweets from the account @%s." % api.verify_credentials().screen_name
+    print "Does this sound ok? There is no undo! Type yes to carry out this action."
+    do_delete = raw_input("> ")
+    if do_delete.lower() == 'yes':
+        for status in tweepy.Cursor(api.user_timeline).items():
+            api.destroy_status(status.id)
+            print "Deleted:", status.id
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    api = oauth_login(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
+    print "Authenticated as: %s" % api.me().screen_name
+
+    batch_delete(api)
diff --git a/delete_all_tweets.py b/delete_all_tweets.py
@@ -1,35 +1,37 @@
-# This script will delete all of the tweets in the specified account.
-# You may need to hit the 'more' button on the bottom of your twitter profile
-# page every now and then as the script runs, this is due to a bug in twitter.
-
-import twitter # Requires python-twitter library
-
-username = 'your_username'
-password = 'your_password'
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+@requirements: python-twitter (http://code.google.com/p/python-twitter/) and simplejson (http://code.google.com/p/simplejson/)
+@author: Dave Jeffery
+
+This script will delete all of the tweets in the specified account.
+You may need to hit the "more" button on the bottom of your twitter profile
+page every now and then as the script runs, this is due to a bug in twitter.
+"""
 
-api = twitter.Api(username=username, password=password)
-api.SetCache(None) # Caching needs to be turned off
+import twitter, urllib2
 
-def delete_tweet(status_id):
+def delete_tweet(api, status_id):
     """Deletes tweet with matching status_id"""
     api.DestroyStatus(status_id)
     print "Deleted:", status_id
 
-def batch_delete(batch_size = 200, username = username):
+def batch_delete(username, password, batch_size=200):
     """Fetches tweets in batches and calls delete_tweet on each one"""
+    api = twitter.Api(username, password)
+    api.SetCache(None) # Caching needs to be turned off
+
     print "Deleting all tweets from", username
     batch = 0
     while True: # Rinse and repeat
-
         tweets = api.GetUserTimeline(username, count=batch_size) # Get batch of tweets
-
         if tweets:
-            batch += 1 # Increment batch counter
+            batch += 1
             print "\nProcessing batch", batch
             for tweet in tweets:
-                delete_tweet(tweet.id)
-        else: # Exit if there aren't any tweets left
+                delete_tweet(api, tweet.id)
+        elif not tweets:
             print "\nNo tweets left... Done"
             break
 
-batch_delete()
+if __name__ == "__main__":      
+    batch_delete(username="user", password="pass")
diff --git a/delete_all_tweets.py b/delete_all_tweets.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # This script will delete all of the tweets in the specified account.
 # You may need to hit the 'more' button on the bottom of your twitter profile
 # page every now and then as the script runs, this is due to a bug in twitter.
-
+ 
 import twitter # Requires python-twitter library
-
+ 
 username = 'your_username'
 password = 'your_password'
-count = 200 # Number of statuses in a batch. Twitter API wont allow more than 200
-
+
 api = twitter.Api(username=username, password=password)
 api.SetCache(None) # Caching needs to be turned off
 
@@ -16,12 +15,21 @@ def delete_tweet(status_id):
     api.DestroyStatus(status_id)
     print "Deleted:", status_id
 
-batch = 0 # initialise batch counter
-while True: # Rinse and repeat
-    batch += 1 # Increment batch counter
-    print "\nProcessing batch", batch
-    tweets = api.GetUserTimeline(username, count=count) # Get batch of tweets
-    if not tweets: break # Exit if there aren't any tweets left
-    [delete_tweet(tweet.id) for tweet in tweets] # Delete tweets in this batch
-
-print "\nDone"
+def batch_delete(batch_size = 200, username = username):
+    """Fetches tweets in batches and calls delete_tweet on each one"""
+    print "Deleting all tweets from", username
+    batch = 0
+    while True: # Rinse and repeat
+
+        tweets = api.GetUserTimeline(username, count=batch_size) # Get batch of tweets
+
+        if tweets:
+            batch += 1 # Increment batch counter
+            print "\nProcessing batch", batch
+            for tweet in tweets:
+                delete_tweet(tweet.id)
+        else: # Exit if there aren't any tweets left
+            print "\nNo tweets left... Done"
+            break
+
+batch_delete()
diff --git a/delete_all_tweets.py b/delete_all_tweets.py
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 def delete_tweet(status_id):
     """Deletes tweet with matching status_id"""
     api.DestroyStatus(status_id)
-    print "Deleted:", str(status_id)
-
-batch = 0
+    print "Deleted:", status_id
+ 
+batch = 0 # initialise batch counter
 while True: # Rinse and repeat
-    batch += 1
-    print "\nProcessing batch ", str(batch)
+    batch += 1 # Increment batch counter
+    print "\nProcessing batch", batch
     tweets = api.GetUserTimeline(username, count=count) # Get batch of tweets
     if not tweets: break # Exit if there aren't any tweets left
-    [delete_tweet(tweet.id) for tweet in tweets] # Delete tweets in batch
+    [delete_tweet(tweet.id) for tweet in tweets] # Delete tweets in this batch
 
-print "\nDone"
+print "\nDone"
diff --git a/delete_all_tweets.py b/delete_all_tweets.py
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
 def delete_tweet(status_id):
     """Deletes tweet with matching status_id"""
     api.DestroyStatus(status_id)
-    print "Deleted: " + str(status_id)
+    print "Deleted:", str(status_id)
 
 batch = 0
 while True: # Rinse and repeat
     batch += 1
-    print "\nProcessing batch " + str(batch)
+    print "\nProcessing batch ", str(batch)
     tweets = api.GetUserTimeline(username, count=count) # Get batch of tweets
     if not tweets: break # Exit if there aren't any tweets left
     [delete_tweet(tweet.id) for tweet in tweets] # Delete tweets in batch

diff --git a/delete_all_tweets.py b/delete_all_tweets.py
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ def delete_tweet(status_id):
     api.DestroyStatus(status_id)
     print "Deleted: " + str(status_id)
 
-batch = 0 # initialise batch counter
+batch = 0
 while True: # Rinse and repeat
-    batch += 1 # Increment batch counter
+    batch += 1
     print "\nProcessing batch " + str(batch)
     tweets = api.GetUserTimeline(username, count=count) # Get batch of tweets
     if not tweets: break # Exit if there aren't any tweets left
-    [delete_tweet(tweet.id) for tweet in tweets] # Delete tweets in this batch
+    [delete_tweet(tweet.id) for tweet in tweets] # Delete tweets in batch
 
 print "\nDone"
diff --git a/delete_all_tweets.py b/delete_all_tweets.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This script will delete all of the tweets in the specified account.
 # You may need to hit the 'more' button on the bottom of your twitter profile
-# page every now and then as the script runs this is due to a bug in twitter.
+# page every now and then as the script runs, this is due to a bug in twitter.
 
 import twitter # Requires python-twitter library
 

diff --git a/delete_all_tweets.py b/delete_all_tweets.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This script will delete all of the tweets in the specified account.
-# You may need to hit the more button every now and then as the script runs
-# this is due to a bug in twitter.com
+# You may need to hit the 'more' button on the bottom of your twitter profile
+# page every now and then as the script runs this is due to a bug in twitter.
 
 import twitter # Requires python-twitter library
 

diff --git a/delete_all_tweets.py b/delete_all_tweets.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# This script will delete all of the tweets in a specified account
+# This script will delete all of the tweets in the specified account.
+# You may need to hit the more button every now and then as the script runs
+# this is due to a bug in twitter.com
 
 import twitter # Requires python-twitter library
 

diff --git a/delete_all_tweets.py b/delete_all_tweets.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This script will delete all of the tweets in a specified account
 
-import twitter
+import twitter # Requires python-twitter library
 
 username = 'your_username'
 password = 'your_password'

diff --git a/delete_all_tweets.py b/delete_all_tweets.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# This script will delete all of the tweets in a specified account
+
+import twitter
+
+username = 'your_username'
+password = 'your_password'
+count = 200 # Number of statuses in a batch. Twitter API wont allow more than 200
+
+api = twitter.Api(username=username, password=password)
+api.SetCache(None) # Caching needs to be turned off
+
+def delete_tweet(status_id):
+    """Deletes tweet with matching status_id"""
+    api.DestroyStatus(status_id)
+    print "Deleted: " + str(status_id)
+
+batch = 0 # initialise batch counter
+while True: # Rinse and repeat
+    batch += 1 # Increment batch counter
+    print "\nProcessing batch " + str(batch)
+    tweets = api.GetUserTimeline(username, count=count) # Get batch of tweets
+    if not tweets: break # Exit if there aren't any tweets left
+    [delete_tweet(tweet.id) for tweet in tweets] # Delete tweets in this batch
+
+print "\nDone"