mc_random_sources_from_collecitons

random.py

def media_with_tag(tags_id, cached=False):
    more_media = True
    all_media = []
    max_media_id = 0
    while more_media:
        media = mc.mediaList(tags_id=tags_id, last_media_id=max_media_id, rows=100)
        all_media = all_media + media
        if len(media) > 0:
            max_media_id = media[len(media) - 1]['media_id']
        more_media = len(media) != 0
    return all_media

random_sources = []
tags = [9139487, # us new top pew
        # partisan retweet
        9360520,
        9360521,
        9360522,
        9360523,
        9360524,
        # countries
        34412146, # france
        34412118, # india
        34412202, # ghana
        34412358, # colombia
       ]
for t in tags:
    tag = mc.tag(t)
    media_list = media_with_tag(t)
    random_sources += random.sample(media_list, 5)
with open('random-sources.csv', 'w') as csvfile:
    spamwriter = csv.writer(csvfile)
    spamwriter.writerow(['media_id', 'url'])
    for m in random_sources:
        spamwriter.writerow([str(m['media_id']), m['url']])