A python script that prints out all tweets mentioning Columbo

twitterColumbo.py

import tweetstream
import time

# receipt printer driver
import printer as rp

printer = rp.RPrinter()

print "TwitterFeed!"

stream = tweetstream.FilterStream("##TWITTERNAME##", "##TWITTERPASSWORD##", track=["columbo"])

for tweet in stream:

    print "Tweet Received!"

    # if it's a valid tweet
    if 'user' in tweet:

        # print date
        tweetDate = time.strptime(tweet['created_at'], "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S +0000 %Y")
        printer.println(time.strftime("%b.%d %H:%M:%S", tweetDate))

        # print sender
        printer.toggleMode(8) # turn bold on
        printer.printChar("@%s:\n" % (tweet['user']['screen_name'].encode("ascii", "ignore")))
        printer.toggleMode(8) # turn bold off

        # print tweet
        printer.printChar(tweet['text'].encode("ascii", "ignore"))
        printer.printChar("\n\n")

        # give the printer a second
        time.sleep(1)