DownloadTweets.py

import tweepy
import json
import datetime
import time

# API access details - get yours from Twitter
access_token = "********************"
access_token_secret = "********************"
consumer_key = "********************"
consumer_secret = "********************"
#Authenticate to Twitter api using our account keys
auth_details = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth_details.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
 
#Create connection to the Twitter api
api = tweepy.API(auth_details)

#Loop and sleep to download tweets
for x in range(0,24):
    tweet_array = []
    tweets = api.home_timeline(count=100)
    for tweet in tweets:
        t = {"text" : tweet.text, "likes": tweet.favorite_count, "retweets": tweet.retweet_count }
        tweet_array.append(t)
        d = datetime.datetime.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%s')
        f = open('tweets-' + d + ".json", 'w')
        f.write(json.dumps(tweet_array))
        f.close()
    print("Sleeping")
    time.sleep(60 * 30)