Get Username Mentions

BasicTwitter.py

def read_messages(twitter_account, since = 0):
    mentions = tweepy.Cursor(twitter_account.mentions_timeline, since_id = str(since)).items()
    tweets = []

    for tweet in tweets:
        tweets.append(tweet.text)
        if (tweet.id > since):
            since = tweet.id

    return {"messages":tweets, "since_id": since}