gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import time
from getpass import getpass
from textwrap import TextWrapper

import tweepy


class StreamWatcherListener(tweepy.StreamListener):

    status_wrapper = TextWrapper(width=60, initial_indent='    ', subsequent_indent='    ')

    def on_status(self, status):
        try:
            print self.status_wrapper.fill(status.text)
            print '\n %s  %s  via %s\n' % (status.author.screen_name, status.created_at, status.source)
        except:
            # Catch any unicode errors while printing to console
            # and just ignore them to avoid breaking application.
            pass

    def on_error(self, status_code):
        print 'An error has occured! Status code = %s' % status_code
        return True  # keep stream alive

    def on_timeout(self):
        print 'Snoozing Zzzzzz'


def main():
    # Prompt for login credentials and setup stream object
    username = raw_input('Twitter username: ')
    password = getpass('Twitter password: ')
    auth = tweepy.auth.BasicAuthHandler(username, password)
    stream = tweepy.Stream(auth, StreamWatcherListener(), timeout=None)

    # Prompt for mode of streaming
    valid_modes = ['sample', 'filter']
    while True:
        mode = raw_input('Mode? [sample/filter] ')
        if mode in valid_modes:
            break
        print 'Invalid mode! Try again.'

    if mode == 'sample':
        stream.sample()

    elif mode == 'filter':
        follow_list = raw_input('Users to follow (comma separated): ').strip()
        track_list = raw_input('Keywords to track (comma seperated):').strip()
        if follow_list:
            follow_list = [u for u in follow_list.split(',')]
        else:
            follow_list = None
        if track_list:
            track_list = [k for k in track_list.split(',')]
        else:
            track_list = None

        stream.filter(follow_list, track_list)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        main()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print '\nGoodbye!'