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Created June 13, 2017 14:58
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Tweet delete script
require "rubygems"
require "twitter"
require "json"
# things you must configure
TWITTER_USER = "your_username"
MAX_AGE_IN_DAYS = 1 # anything older than this is deleted
# get these from dev.twitter.com
CONSUMER_KEY = "your_consumer_key"
CONSUMER_SECRET = "your_consumer_secret"
OAUTH_TOKEN = "your_oauth_token"
OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET = "your_oauth_secret"
# any special favorites?
IDS_TO_SAVE_FOREVER = [369855688836538368] # my panini tweet
### you shouldn't have to change anything below this line ###
MAX_AGE_IN_SECONDS = MAX_AGE_IN_DAYS*24*60*60
NOW_IN_SECONDS = Time.now
TWEETS_PER_REQUEST = 200
### A METHOD ###
def delete_from_twitter(tweet, client)
begin
client.destroy_status(tweet.id)
rescue StandardError => e
puts e.inspect
puts "Error deleting #{tweet.id}; exiting"
exit
else
puts "Deleted #{tweet.id}"
end
end
### WE BEGIN ###
client = Twitter::REST::Client.new do |config|
config.consumer_key = CONSUMER_KEY
config.consumer_secret = CONSUMER_SECRET
config.access_token = OAUTH_TOKEN
config.access_token_secret = OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET
end
puts ""
puts "What's that sound...?"
puts ""
tweets = []
got_tweets = true
oldest_tweet_id = 9000000000000000000
while got_tweets do
begin
new_tweets = client.user_timeline(TWITTER_USER, {:count => TWEETS_PER_REQUEST,
:max_id => oldest_tweet_id,
:include_entities => false,
:include_rts => true})
if (new_tweets.length > 0) then
puts "Got #{new_tweets.length} more tweets, latest is #{new_tweets.last.id}"
oldest_tweet_id = new_tweets.last.id - 1
tweets += new_tweets
else
got_tweets = false
end
rescue Twitter::Error::TooManyRequests => e
puts "Hit the rate limit; pausing for #{e.rate_limit.reset_in} seconds"
sleep e.rate_limit.reset_in
retry
rescue StandardError => e
puts e.inspect
exit
end
end
puts ""
puts "Got #{tweets.length} tweets total"
puts ""
tweets.each do |tweet|
begin
tweet_age = NOW_IN_SECONDS - tweet.created_at
tweet_age_in_days = (tweet_age/(24*60*60)).round
if (tweet_age < MAX_AGE_IN_SECONDS) then
puts "Ignored a tweet #{tweet_age_in_days} days old"
elsif IDS_TO_SAVE_FOREVER.include?(tweet.id) then
puts "Ignored a tweet that is to be saved forever"
else
puts "Deleting a tweet #{tweet_age_in_days} days old"
delete_from_twitter(tweet, client)
end
puts " #{tweet.text}"
puts ""
rescue Twitter::Error::TooManyRequests => e
puts "Hit the rate limit; pausing for #{e.rate_limit.reset_in} seconds"
sleep e.rate_limit.reset_in
retry
rescue StandardError => e
puts e.inspect
exit
end
end
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