Script to remove all likes and remove tweets older than 30 days

clean-twitter.r

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library(jsonlite)
library(data.table)
library(rtweet)

auth_setup_default()

tweets <- as.data.table(
  fromJSON(paste(sub("window.YTD.like.part0 = ", "", readLines("data/tweets.js")), collapse = ""))[["tweet"]]
)[
  j = created_at := as.POSIXct(created_at, format = "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %z %Y")
][
  created_at <= as.POSIXct(Sys.Date() - 30)
][
  order(created_at)
][
  j = list(list(try(post_destroy(id)))),
  by = id
]

likes <- as.data.table(
  fromJSON(paste(sub("window.YTD.like.part0 = ", "", readLines("data/like.js")), collapse = ""))[["like"]]
)[
  j = list(list(try(post_favorite(status_id = tweetId, destroy = TRUE)))),
  by = tweetId
]