gistfile1.txt

# this loads a JSON dump as for example from TWINT, and pulls out three fields, and then saves as TEXT.

import json

loadedjson = []
for line in open('TWEETS.json', 'r'):
    loadedjson.append(json.loads(line))

dates = []
tweets = []
links = []

# pull date, tweet, and URL fields only
for x in loadedjson:
    dates.insert(0,x['date'])
    tweets.insert(0,x['tweet'])
    links.insert(0,x['link'])

# zip it
zipped = zip(dates, links, tweets)
zipped_list = list(zipped)

# if want to see your work
# print(zipped_list)

# now slap it in a string with new line between each
zipped_list_string = '\n'.join(map(str,zipped_list))

# save to TXT
f = open('TWEETSOUT.txt', 'w')
f.write(zipped_list_string)
f.close