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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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