tweetlib

Twitter Scraper

A python twitter scraper with no-api keys required.

Installation

pip3 install tweetlib

How to use it

All these parameters can be used in combination with one another.

ts = tweetlib.TweetLib(username="barackobama", max_tweets=10)

Arguments

• username(str): any valid twitter name you want to scrape
• since("yyyy-mm-dd"): A lower bound date to restrict search.
• until("yyyy-mm-dd"):An upper bound date to restrict search.
• query_search(str): Search string
• max_tweets(int): Max number of tweets you want to scrape.

Examples

    from tweetlib import tweetlib
    # Get tweets by username
    ts = tweetlib.TweetLib(username="barackobama", max_tweets=10)
    tweets = ts.get_tweets()

    # Search for tweets
    ts = tweetlib.TweetLib(query_search="college", since="2018-01-01")
    tweets = ts.get_tweets()

Tweet Object

The tweet objects it returns in the list contain the following:

tweet = {
    id (str)
    permalink (str)
    username (str)
    text (str)
    date (date)
    replies (int)
    retweets (int)
    favorites (int)
    mentions (str)
    hashtags (str)
}

Credit and Contact

Created by Wyatt Ferguson

For any comments or questions your can reach me on Twitter @wyattferguson or visit my little portfolio at wyattf.dev