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def __init__(self): | |
res = {} | |
# Reading the secret values from a local disk | |
with open("../../../secret/twitter.yaml", 'r') as stream: | |
try: | |
res= yaml.load(stream) | |
except yaml.YAMLError as exc: | |
print(exc) | |
exit(1) | |
consumer_key = res['apiKey'] | |
consumer_secret = res['apiSecretKey'] | |
access_token = res['accessToken'] | |
access_token_secret = res['accessSecretToken'] | |
# attempt authentication | |
try: | |
# create OAuthHandler object | |
auth = OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret) | |
# set access token and secret | |
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret) | |
# create tweepy API object to fetch tweets | |
self.__api = tweepy.API(auth) | |
except: | |
print("Error: Authentication Failed") | |
exit(1) |
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