mine_tweets.py

try:
	import cPickle as pickle
except:
	import pickle

from twitter import *
import datetime

token = ''
token_key = ''
con_key = ''
con_secret = ''

twit = Twitter(auth=OAuth(token, token_key, con_key, con_secret))

limits = twit.application.rate_limit_status()
n = limits['resources']['statuses']['/statuses/user_timeline']['remaining']
all_tweets = twit.statuses.user_timeline(screen_name="Johngcole", count=200, include_retweets=False)
n -= 1

last_id = all_tweets[-1]['id']

while len(all_tweets) < 3200:
  if n == 1:
    break
  more_tweets = twit.statuses.user_timeline(screen_name="Johngcole", count=200, max_id=last_id, include_retweets=False)
  all_tweets += more_tweets
  last_id = all_tweets[-1]['id']
  # if you want to watch your progress:
  print n, len(all_tweets)
  n -= 1

# dump or do whatever with your all_tweets obj
pickle.dump(all_tweets, open('tweets_no_retweets.p', 'wb'))