twitterurl.py

## Import libraries and functions needed

## define URL
def get_url(All=None, Exact=None, Any=None, Not=None, Hashtag=None, From=None,
            To=None, Mention=None, Near=None, Dates=None):
    #Base URL
	url = "https://twitter.com/search?l=&q="
	# All
	if All != None:
		a = All.replace(" ", "%20")
		url = url + a
	#Exact
	if Exact != None:
		b = Exact.replace(" ", "%20")
		url = url + "%22" + b + "%22"
	#Any
	if Any != None:
		c = Any.replace(" ", "%20OR%20")
		url = url + "%22" + c + "%22"
	#Not
	if Not != None:
		d = Not.replace(" ", "%20-")
		url = url + "%20-" + d
	#Hashtag
	if Hashtag != None:
		e = Hashtag.replace(" ", "%20OR%20%23")
		url = url + "%23" + e
	#From
	if Hashtag != None:
		f = Hashtag.replace(" ", "%20OR%20%23")
		url = url + "%23" + f
	#To
	#Mention
	#Near
	#Dates

	#Base URL end
	url = url + "&src=typd"
	return(url)

## Scrape URL
#print(get_url())

def create_url(*args, **kwargs):
    """
    *args is an array of arguments ignore this for right now
    **kwargs is dictionary "key-value" mapping of keywords and their arguments
    in this case, you can pass any arbitrary amount of named arguments to your parameters
    and iterate through them. I'll explain this a little more when I start writing code
    """

    # https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/dictionary_items.htm
    """
    if you called, create_url(near="im", dates="jim")
    this for loop would print
    near -> im
    dates -> jim
    """
    print(args)
    print(kwargs)
    for key, value in kwargs.items():
        # here is where you add the checks that you have above!
        # for right now i'm just printing the key and it's value!
        # this is also just a fancy way to print things nicely
        # every {} in the string is replaced with the parameter in the format argument
        print("{} -> {}".format(key, value))

"""
If you run `python twitterurl.py` this function below is what python looks for and executes
"""
if __name__ == '__main__':
    """
    Look at what my code says and see if you can figure out what the commented out
    function calls will print
    Then uncomment and see if you were right

    """
    # create_url(im='jim')

    """
    see what you can do now is
    """
    # create_url(hashtag="mydude")

    """
    a little more advanced would be to make it so you can call this from the command line
    http://www.pythonforbeginners.com/system/python-sys-argv

    python twitterurl.py boner soup

    for arg in argv:
        print(arg)

    twitterurl.py
    boner
    soup
    """
    from sys import argv
    # create an empty dictionary
    tags = {}
    # iterate through all
    for arg in argv[1:]:
        # assumes input looks like
        # name=cam
        # splits a string into a name and a value by the single equals sign
        name, value = arg.split("=", 1)
        # creates a dictionary with single item
        tag = {
            name: value
        }
        # adds that tag to the rest of our tags
        tags.update(tag)

    """
    https://pythontips.com/2013/08/04/args-and-kwargs-in-python-explained/

    python twitterurl.py any=yes from=2017 to=2018


    (I just made up that call so don't blame me if it doesn' twork)
    """
    #create_url(**tags)
# Create csv