twitter_trends.py

import twitter
import datetime
import os

twitter_api=twitter.Twitter(domain="api.twitter.com", api_version='1')
WORLD_WOE_ID = 1
world_trends = twitter_api.trends._(WORLD_WOE_ID)
trends = [ trend for trend in world_trends()[0]['trends'] ]


# clear console
clear = lambda: os.system('clear')
clear()


#print trendding topics
now = datetime.datetime.now()
print "Twitter Trendding topics at ", now
print
for cur in trends:
  print cur['name']
print