twitter-search.py

#!/usr/bin/python

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# twitter-search
#  - performs a basic keyword search for tweets containing the keywords
#    "lazy" and "dog"
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from twitter import *

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# load our API credentials 
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config = {}
execfile("config.py", config)

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# create twitter API object
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twitter = Twitter(
		        auth = OAuth(config["access_key"], config["access_secret"], config["consumer_key"], config["consumer_secret"]))


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# perform a basic search 
# Twitter API docs:
# https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/get/search
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query = twitter.search.tweets(q = "lazy dog")

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# How long did this query take?
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print "Search complete (%.3f seconds)" % (query["search_metadata"]["completed_in"])

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# Loop through each of the results, and print its content.
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for result in query["statuses"]:
	print "(%s) @%s %s" % (result["created_at"], result["user"]["screen_name"], result["text"])