Python

Standard API, free, recent Tweets published in the past 7 days

Premium API, pay as you go, advanced filtering functionality and scalable access to the the Search Tweets API, free and paid, access to either the last 30 days of Tweets or access to Tweets from as early as 2006

Enterprise-level, paid subscription, access to Twitter data, including real-time Tweets and public account information, historical Tweets, and Tweet insights, access to either the last 30 days of Tweets or access to Tweets from as early as 2006

Authentication

OAuth2, is for developers that just need read-only to access public information
OAuth 1.0a, allows an authorized app to act on behalf of a user.

Create App
- Create Twitter App
- Developer Agreement
- Create App
- Genearte Access Token
Setup one or more development environment
- Search Tweets: 30-DaysSandbox
- Search Tweets: Full ArchiveSandbox
- Account Activity APISandbox
Start using the endpoints

import twitter
from t import ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY, ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET, CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET
 
api = twitter.Api(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET, ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY, ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)

Returns a single user

user = api.GetUser(screen_name="@valdostastate")

Return twitter search results for a given term

term
count, default 15, maximum 100
raw_query, a raw query as a string
since_id, returns results with an ID greater than the specified ID
max_id, returns only statuses with an ID less than or equal to the specified ID
until, returns tweets generated since the given date
geocode, geolocation within which to search for tweets

searches = api.GetSearch(term='valdosta state', count= 100)
 
searches = api.GetSearch(raw_query="q=valdosta%20state&result_type=recent&since=2014-07-19&count=100")
 
searches = api.GetSearch(term='valdosta', since_id = 1193364932055711745)
 
searches = api.GetSearch(term='valdosta', max_id = 1193364932055711745)
 
searches = api.GetSearch(term='valdosta state', until='2019-11-09') #YYYY-MM-DD
 
searches = api.GetSearch(term='FSU', geocode = [30.4433237, -84.2777568, "1mi"], result_type="recent", count=100)

Fetch the sequence of public Status messages for a single user

searches = api.GetUserTimeline(screen_name="@valdostastate", count = 100)

#user_id, twitter id
#screen_name, twitter name
users = api.GetFriends() #fetch the follower
 
user = users[0]
print(user)

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