fetch_tweets_by_date.py

#encoding:utf-8

from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import unicodecsv
from delorean import parse

client = UserClient(
    CONSUMER_KEY,
    CONSUMER_SECRET,
    ACCESS_TOKEN,
    ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET,
)

last_id = None
day = datetime.today()

f = open('tweets-%s.csv' % day.strftime('%Y-%m-%d'), 'w')
w = unicodecsv.writer(f, encoding='utf-8')

while True:
    response = client.api.search.tweets.get(
        q='#multeciler',
        until=day.strftime('%Y-%m-%d'),
        include_entities=False,
        count=100,
        max_id=last_id and last_id-1 or None,
    )
    tweets = response.data['statuses']
    for tweet in tweets:
        tweet_time = parse(tweet['created_at']).datetime.replace(tzinfo=None)
        if tweet_time > day:
            break
        w.writerow((
            tweet['id'],
            tweet['screen_name'],
            tweet['text'],
            tweet_time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'),
        ))
        last_id = tweet['id']

f.close()