Delete all tweets older than x days

delete_tweets.py

import tweepy
from tweepy import TweepError
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import logging
import json

from custom_config import consumer_key, consumer_secret, access_key, access_secret

tweets_delete = []
max_age = 90  # in days
archive_file = 'archive.jsonl'

# Logging setup
logging.basicConfig(filename='delete_tweets.log',
                    filemode='w',
                    level=logging.INFO,
                    format='%(asctime)s %(message)s',
                    datefmt='%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p')

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
console = logging.StreamHandler()
console.setLevel(logging.INFO)
logger.addHandler(console)

# Connecting to Twitter API via tweepy
logger.info("Connecting to Twitter API")
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_key, access_secret)
api = tweepy.API(auth, wait_on_rate_limit=True)

# Getting Tweets over max_age days old
logger.info("GETTING TWEETS under %d days" % max_age)
tweet_count = 1
for tweet in tweepy.Cursor(api.user_timeline).items():
    if tweet.created_at < (datetime.now() - timedelta(days=max_age)):  # anything older than 90 days
        tweets_delete.append({'id': tweet.id,
                              'created_at': tweet.created_at,
                              'json': json.dumps(tweet._json)})
    else:
        pass
    tweet_count += 1
    if tweet_count%100 == 0:
        logger.info("Processed %d tweets" % tweet_count)
logger.info("%d Tweets Processed" % tweet_count)
logger.info("Found %d tweets older than %d days" % (len(tweets_delete) + 1, max_age))

# Archive tweets before deletion
logger.info("Archiving tweets")
with open(archive_file, 'w') as archive:
    tweet_count = 1
    for tweet in tweets_delete:
        archive.write(tweet['json'] + "\n")
        tweet_count += 1
    logger.info("Archived %d tweets to %s" % (tweet_count, archive_file))

# Deleting Tweets
tweet_count = 1
for tweet in tweets_delete:
    try:
        api.destroy_status(tweet['id'])
        logger.info('Tweet ID:%d from %s deleted!' % (tweet['id'], tweet['created_at']))
        tweet_count += 1
    except TweepError as e:
        logger.info('Tweet ID:%d could not be deleted due to %s' % (tweet['id'], e.response.text))
logger.info("%d Tweets Deleted" % tweet_count)
logger.info("END")