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from tweepy.streaming import StreamListener | |
from tweepy import OAuthHandler | |
from tweepy import Stream | |
class TwitterStreamer(): | |
""" | |
Class for streaming and processing live tweets. | |
""" | |
def __init__(self): | |
pass | |
def stream_tweets(self, fetched_tweets_filename, hash_tag_list): | |
# This handles Twitter authetification and the connection to Twitter Streaming API | |
listener = StdOutListener(fetched_tweets_filename) | |
auth = OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret) | |
auth.set_access_token(access_token,access_token_secret) | |
stream = Stream(auth, listener) | |
# This line filter Twitter Streams to capture data by the keywords: | |
stream.filter(track=hash_tag_list, is_async=True) | |
# # # # TWITTER STREAM LISTENER # # # # | |
class StdOutListener(StreamListener): | |
""" | |
This is a basic listener that just prints received tweets to stdout. | |
""" | |
def __init__(self, fetched_tweets_filename): | |
self.fetched_tweets_filename = fetched_tweets_filename | |
def on_data(self, data): | |
try: | |
print(data) | |
with open(self.fetched_tweets_filename, 'a') as tf: | |
tf.write(data) | |
return True | |
except BaseException as e: | |
print("Error on_data %s" % str(e)) | |
return True | |
def on_error(self, status): | |
print(status) | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
# Authenticate using config.py and connect to Twitter Streaming API. | |
hash_tag_list = ["canada revenue agency", "cra"] | |
fetched_tweets_filename = "tweets.txt" | |
twitter_streamer = TwitterStreamer() | |
twitter_streamer.stream_tweets(fetched_tweets_filename, hash_tag_list) |
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