Read random tweets, and tweets mentioning words related to ecology

ecology.py

#! /usr/bin/python2

import json

from TwitterAPI import TwitterAPI

c_key = '...'
c_sec = '...'
t_key = '...'
t_sec = '...'

api = TwitterAPI(c_key, c_sec, t_key, t_sec)

stream_session = open('ecology.lines', 'a')

r = api.request('statuses/filter',{'track':'biodiversity, biological diversity, ecology, species richness, ecosystem services, ecosystem functioning, ecological', 'language':'en'})

for item in r.get_iterator():
   try :
      print item['text']
      stream_session.write(json.dumps(item))
      stream_session.write('\n')
   except :
      print "Parsing failed"

stream_session.close()

random.py

#! /usr/bin/python2

import json

from TwitterAPI import TwitterAPI

c_key = '...'
c_sec = '...'
t_key = '...'
t_sec = '...'

api = TwitterAPI(c_key, c_sec, t_key, t_sec)

stream_session = open('random.lines', 'a')

r = api.request('statuses/sample',{'language':'en'})

for item in r.get_iterator():
   try :
      print item['text']
      stream_session.write(json.dumps(item))
      stream_session.write('\n')
   except :
      print "Parsing failed"

stream_session.close()