Ephemeral tweets - python implementation

ephemeral_tweets.py

from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import os
import twitter

'''
  Ephermal twitter tweets written in python
  Inspired by bit.ly/2JXNkpI
  Relies on: github.com/bear/python-twitter
  Runs easily as AWS Lambda: amzn.to/2oif6Wv
  You may set environment variables to control
  the list of IDs you want ot keep as well as
  max hours to keep tweets.
'''


# Set environment variables
access_token_key = os.getenv("TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN")
access_token_secret = os.getenv("TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET")
consumer_key = os.getenv("TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY")
consumer_secret = os.getenv("TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET")
keep_ids = os.getenv("TWITTER_KEEP_TWEETS").split(',')

# Get tweet age or set default to two weeks
if os.environ.get('TWITTER_MAX_TWEET_AGE') is None:
    tweet_age = 336 # 336 hours is 14 days
else:
    tweet_age = os.getenv("TWITTER_MAX_TWEET_AGE")
delta = datetime.today() - timedelta(hours=tweet_age)

# Get the list of most recent 200 statuses
statuses = api.GetUserTimeline(screen_name=api.VerifyCredentials().screen_name, count=200)
for t in statuses:
    time_struct = time.strptime(t.created_at, "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S +0000 %Y") 
    tweet_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(time.mktime(time_struct))
    if tweet_date >= delta and t.id not in keep_ids:
        print("Deleting ID: {} - {}".format(t.id, t.text))
        api.DestroyStatus(t.id)