mycode.py

import tweepy, json, random, time, sys
from data import *

auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
api = tweepy.API(auth)

following_list = api.followers_ids("zaksanderson01")

class StdOutListener(tweepy.StreamListener):
    def on_data(self, data):
        decoded = json.loads(data)

        user = decoded["user"]["screen_name"]
        user_id = decoded["user"]["id"]
        tweet_text = str(decoded["text"].encode("ascii", "ignore"))
        tweet_id = decoded["id"]

        choice = random.choice(phrases)

        choice = "@" + user + " " + choice

        try:
            api.update_status( choice, tweet_id )

        except tweepy.TweepError as e:
            print("")
            print("Something went really wrong. huh:")
            print(e)
            print("")

        print("")
        
        random_delay = int(round(random.randint(90, 150) * 10) / 10)

        print("Waiting " + str(round(random_delay/60)) + " more minutes!")

        for i in range(1, random_delay):
            print(str(random_delay - i) + " seconds left.")
            time.sleep(1)
            sys.stdout.write("\033[F") #back to previous line
            sys.stdout.write("\033[K") #clear line
        print("")




    def on_error(self, status):
        print(status)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    l = StdOutListener()
    auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
    auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)

    print("")
    print("Starting the cycle again!")
    print("")

    # There are different kinds of streams: public stream, user stream, multi-user streams
    # In this example follow #programming tag
    # For more details refer to https://dev.twitter.com/docs/streaming-apis
    stream = tweepy.Stream(auth, l)
    stream.filter( track = ["donald", "trump", "news", "fake news", "president"] )