Delete all Retweets.

delete_retweet.py

import tweepy
import time
import pprint


def get_all_retweets(api, max_tweets=3200):
    user = api.verify_credentials()
    retweets = []

    retweet_count = 0

    # Fetch tweets in pages of 200 (maximum allowed per request)
    for page in tweepy.Cursor(
        api.user_timeline,
        user_id=user.id,
        count=200,
        tweet_mode="extended",
        include_rts=True,
    ).pages():
        for tweet in page:
            if "retweeted_status" in tweet._json:  # Check if the tweet is a retweet
                retweets.append(tweet)
                retweet_count += 1

        # Maximum of 3200 tweets can be fetched from user_timeline, break loop if limit is reached
        if len(retweets) >= max_tweets:
            break

        print(f"Retweet count = {retweet_count}")
        time.sleep(1)

    return retweets


def delete_retweets(api):
    retweets = get_all_retweets(api)

    rate_limit = 240  # Rate limit for destroy_status endpoint
    safe_limit = int(rate_limit * 0.8)  # Use only 80% of the allowed limit
    sleep_time = (15 * 60) / safe_limit  # Calculate sleep time between API calls

    for retweet in retweets:
        try:
            api.destroy_status(retweet.id)
            print(f"Deleted retweet: {retweet.id}")
            time.sleep(sleep_time)  # Sleep to avoid exceeding the rate limit
        except tweepy.TweepError as e:
            print(f"Error deleting retweet: {e}")


consumer_key = "your_consumer_key"
consumer_secret = "your_consumer_secret"
access_token = "your_access_token"
access_token_secret = "your_access_token_secret"

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

api = tweepy.API(auth)

delete_retweets(api)

requirements.txt

certifi==2023.5.7
charset-normalizer==3.1.0
idna==3.4
oauthlib==3.2.2
requests==2.30.0
requests-oauthlib==1.3.1
tweepy==4.14.0
urllib3==2.0.2