tweet_deleting_script.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

""" Deletes all tweets below a certain retweet threshold.
    You have to create an app on twitter, and follow their process to have the required creds
    and setup write permissions.
"""

import tweepy
from datetime import datetime
import os
# Creds
CONSUMER_KEY = os.environ.get("TW_CONSUMER_KEY")
CONSUMER_SECRET = os.environ.get("TW_CONSUMER_SECRET")
ACCESS_TOKEN = os.environ.get("TW_ACCESS_TOKEN")
ACCESS_SECRET = os.environ.get("TW_ACCESS_SECRET")
USER_NAME = os.environ.get("TW_USER_NAME")


# Connect To Your Twitter Account via Twitter API
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_TOKEN, ACCESS_SECRET)

api = tweepy.API(auth,
                 wait_on_rate_limit=True,
                 wait_on_rate_limit_notify=True,
                 retry_count=3,
                 retry_delay=5,
                 retry_errors=set([401, 404, 500, 503]))

# For the account name
def wipe(account_name=USER_NAME, favorite_threshold=100, days=720):
    # Get the current datetime
    current_date = datetime.utcnow()

    # For each tweet
    for status in tweepy.Cursor(api.user_timeline, screen_name='@'+account_name).items():
        # Get the tweet id
        status_id = status._json['id']

        print(datetime.now().strftime("%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S"), 'Examining', status_id)

        # Get the number of favorites
        status_favorites = status._json['favorite_count']

        # Get the datetime of the tweet
        status_date = datetime.strptime(status._json['created_at'], '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S +0000 %Y')

        # Get whether you have favorited the tweet yourself
        status_favorited = status._json['favorited']

        # If the difference between the current datetime and the tweet's
        # is more than a day threshold
        if (datetime.utcnow() - status_date).days > days:
            # If the number of favorites is lower than the favorite threshold
            if status_favorites < favorite_threshold:
                # If you haven't favorited the tweet yourself
                if status_favorited == False:
                    # Delete the tweet
                    api.destroy_status(status_id)
                    print(datetime.now().strftime("%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S"), 'Deleting', status_id)

# Run main function
if __name__ == '__main__':
    wipe()