authenticate_twitter_api.py

# Twitter API authentication

import tweepy

api_key =  # api_key
api_secret_key = # api_secret_key
access_token =  # access_token
access_token_secret =  # access_token_secret

# authorize the API Key
authentication = tweepy.OAuthHandler(api_key, api_secret_key)

# authorization to user's access token and access token secret
authentication.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)

# call the api
api = tweepy.API(authentication)