Ruby: Delete all your tweets older than this moth

twitter_deleter.rake

namespace :twitter_deleter do

  desc 'Deletes all your tweets older than a month'
  task delete_old_tweets: :environment do
    your_username = 'thisisme'

    client = Twitter::REST::Client.new do |config|
      config.consumer_key        = "YOUR_CONSUMER_KEY"
      config.consumer_secret     = "YOUR_CONSUMER_SECRET"
      config.access_token        = "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
      config.access_token_secret = "YOUR_ACCESS_SECRET"
    end
    
    def collect_with_max_id(collection=[], max_id=nil, &block)
      response = yield(max_id)
      collection += response
      response.empty? ? collection.flatten : collect_with_max_id(collection, response.last.id - 1, &block)
    end

    def client.get_all_tweets(user)
      collect_with_max_id do |max_id|
        options = {count: 200, include_rts: true}
        options[:max_id] = max_id unless max_id.nil?
        user_timeline(user, options)
      end
    end
    
    
    delete_before = DateTime.now.beginning_of_month

    client.get_all_tweets(your_username).each do |tweet|
      if tweet.created_at > delete_before
        puts "#{tweet.id} tweeted at #{tweet.created_at} STAYS" 
      else
        puts "#{tweet.id} tweeted at #{tweet.created_at} DELETEING" 
        begin
          destroyed = client.destroy_tweet(tweet.id) 
        rescue Twitter::Error::Unauthorized => e
          puts "NO GO UNAUTHORISED"
        end
      end
    end
  end

end