twitter-delete-pattern.py

from __future__ import print_function
import twitter

#delete tweets that follow a known pattern
#requires python-twitter
CONSUMER_KEY = 'NOPE'
CONSUMER_SECRET = 'NOPE'
ACCESS_TOKEN = 'NOPE'
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = 'NOPE'
#gety your keys following this tutorial : https://python-twitter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started.html
api = twitter.Api(consumer_key=CONSUMER_KEY,
                  consumer_secret=CONSUMER_SECRET,
                  access_token_key=ACCESS_TOKEN,
                  access_token_secret=ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)


# print(statuses[0].text)
global_cnt = 0
start_id = 0 #if it doesn't any matching tweet, try setting this to an older tweet
patterns = ["I saved a @YouTube", "I liked a @YouTube", "Answer on @Quora", "My @Quora answer"]
while True:
	cnt = 0
	statuses = api.GetUserTimeline(exclude_replies=True, max_id=start_id, count=2000)
	for status in statuses:
		for pattern in patterns:
			if pattern in status.text:
				st = api.DestroyStatus(status_id= status.id)

				print("deleted:", st.created_at, st.text)
				cnt +=1

	print ("deleted ",cnt,"tweets")
	if(cnt == 0):
		print("finished")
		break
	global_cnt += cnt
	start_id = st.id
	print ("last_id:",start_id)

print("deleted:",global_cnt,"tweet")