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Tweet delete script
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'twitter'
require 'json'
require 'faraday'
# things you must configure
PATH_TO_DROPBOX = "/Users/your_name/Dropbox/backup/tweets/" # you need to create this folder
TWITTER_USER = "your_twitter_username"
# get these from dev.twitter.com
CONSUMER_KEY = "your_consumer_key"
CONSUMER_SECRET = "your_consumer_secret"
OAUTH_TOKEN = "your_oauth_token"
OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET = "your_oauth_token_secret"
# things you might want to change
MAX_AGE_IN_DAYS = 10 # anything older than this is deleted / unfavorited
DELAY_BETWEEN_DELETES = 0.5 # in seconds
DELAY_BETWEEN_REQS = 45
# save tweets that have been massively favorited??? nah. all is vanity.
FAVE_THRESHOLD = 9999
# don't delete these (maybe a pinned tweet? an old favorite? whatever)
IDS_TO_SAVE_FOREVER = [519676643829231616]
# you don't need to mess with this
API_TWEET_MAX = 3200
TWEETS_PER_PAGE = 200 # api max is 250 or something... 200 seems like a nice round number
NUM_PAGES = (API_TWEET_MAX / TWEETS_PER_PAGE).to_i
MAX_AGE_IN_SECONDS = MAX_AGE_IN_DAYS*24*60*60
NOW_IN_SECONDS = Time.now
FIELDS = [:id,
:created_at,
:text,
:retweet_count,
:in_reply_to_screen_name,
:in_reply_to_user_id,
:in_reply_to_status_id]
# tweet methods
client = Twitter::REST::Client.new do |config|
config.consumer_key = CONSUMER_KEY
config.consumer_secret = CONSUMER_SECRET
config.access_token = OAUTH_TOKEN
config.access_token_secret = OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET
end
def save_to_dropbox(tweet)
slender_tweet = {}
FIELDS.each do |field|
slender_tweet[field] = tweet[field].to_s
end
slender_tweet[:urls] = tweet.urls
time_string = Time.parse(slender_tweet[:created_at]).to_i.to_s
file_name = "#{time_string}_#{slender_tweet[:id]}.json"
full_path = PATH_TO_DROPBOX+file_name
puts "Saving tweet to #{full_path}"
f = File.new(full_path,'w')
f.puts slender_tweet.to_json
f.close
tweet.media.each do |media,i|
url = media.media_url
puts "Saving image #{url}"
http_conn = Faraday.new do |builder|
builder.adapter Faraday.default_adapter
end
response = http_conn.get(url)
media_path = full_path.gsub(".json","")+"_media_"+File.basename(url)
File.open(media_path, 'wb') do |f|
f.write(response.body)
end
end
end
def delete_from_twitter(tweet,client)
begin
client.destroy_status(tweet.id)
rescue StandardError => e
puts e.inspect
puts "Error deleting #{tweet.id}; exiting hard"
exit
else
puts "Deleted"
end
end
# init twitter
puts ""
puts "What's that sound...?"
puts ""
timeline = []
begin
tweet_max = client.user(TWITTER_USER).statuses_count < 3200 ? client.user(TWITTER_USER).statuses_count : API_TWEET_MAX
oldest_page = (tweet_max / TWEETS_PER_PAGE).to_i # we go to this page -- the older tweets -- first
puts "Oldest page is #{oldest_page}"
rescue StandardError => e
puts e
puts "Error getting info about @#{TWITTER_USER}. Try again."
exit
end
error_count = 0
4.times do |i|
begin
puts "Requesting tweets #{i*TWEETS_PER_PAGE}-#{(i+1)*TWEETS_PER_PAGE}"
timeline = timeline.concat(client.user_timeline(TWITTER_USER,{:count=>TWEETS_PER_PAGE,:page=>i,:include_entities=>true,:include_rts=>true}))
rescue
error_count += 1
if (error_count > 5) then
puts "Too many errors! Try again later."
exit
else
puts "Error getting tweets #{oldest_page*TWEETS_PER_PAGE}-#{tweet_max}, retrying after #{2**error_count} seconds..."
sleep(2**error_count)
retry
end
end
end
puts "Got #{timeline.size} tweets"
puts ""
timeline.each do |tweet|
tweet_age = NOW_IN_SECONDS - tweet.created_at
if (tweet_age < MAX_AGE_IN_SECONDS) then
puts "Ignored a tweet #{(tweet_age/(24*60*60)).round} days old"
elsif (tweet.favorite_count >= FAVE_THRESHOLD) then
puts "Ignored a tweet with #{tweet.favorite_count} faves"
elsif IDS_TO_SAVE_FOREVER.include?(tweet.id) then
puts "Ignored a tweet that is to be saved forever"
else
puts "Preparing to delete a tweet #{(tweet_age/(24*60*60)).round} days old"
begin
save_to_dropbox(tweet)
rescue StandardError => e
puts e.inspect
puts "Error saving #{tweet.id}; exiting hard"
exit
else
delete_from_twitter(tweet,client)
end
end
puts " #{tweet.text}"
puts ""
sleep DELAY_BETWEEN_DELETES
end
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