backup-twitter

README.md

backup-twitter

ref. https://devonzuegel.com/post/twitter-backup

setup

gem install t twurl
# copy consumer key https://developer.twitter.com/en/apps
twurl authorize --consumer-key {YOUR APP'S CONSUMER KEY} --consumer-secret {YOUR APP'S CONSUMER SECRET}
cp ~/.twurlrc ~/.trc

ref. sferik/twitter-ruby#878 (comment)

usage

bash backup-twitter.sh

backup-twitter.sh

#!/bin/sh

NOW=`date +'%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S'`

user=hush_in

# tweetsFile="$NOW--$user--tweets.csv"
# retweetsFile="$NOW--$user--retweets.csv"
favoritesFile="$NOW--$user--favorites.csv"
# followingsFile="$NOW--$user--followings.csv"
max=4000

# echo "Backing up tweets...";     t timeline ${user} --csv --number ${max} > "${tweetsFile}"
# echo "Backing up retweets...";   t retweets ${user} --csv --number ${max} > "${retweetsFile}"
echo "Backing up favorites...";  t favorites ${user} --csv --number ${max} > "${favoritesFile}"
# echo "Backing up followings..."; t followings ${user} --csv > "${followingsFile}"

echo "Backed up the following for ${user}'s data"
echo "Done 🎉"