Shows retweets to tweets ratio.

retotwe.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# https://github.com/ryanmcgrath/twython
from twython import Twython

# get your keys: https://dev.twitter.com/apps/new
t = Twython(app_key='jwh(...)PnQ',
            app_secret='G2H(...)kSs',
            oauth_token='284(...)Ytv',
            oauth_token_secret='n8w(...)3Kk')

# https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/statuses/user_timeline
# "count - Specifies the number of tweets to try and retrieve, 
#  up to a maximum of 200 per distinct request."
# 
# https://github.com/ryanmcgrath/twython/wiki/Timeline-Access
tweets = t.getUserTimeline(count=200)

retweets_count = 0

for tweet in tweets:
  retweets_count += tweet['retweet_count']
  
ratio = float(retweets_count) / len(tweets)
  
print('Retweets to tweets ratio is "%.4f".' % ratio);