Tag: Twitter

X/Twitter Simple Sample

Simple Sample for X/Twitter access with Python and https://www.tweepy.org

# Python virtual Environment
python3 -m venv twitter
## Activate
source twitter/bin/activate

# Install tweepy
pip install -r requirements.txt

# run sample
python tweepyTest.py

python-dotenv
tweepy

# Your X API credentials
consumer_key = "SECRET_CREDENTIAL"
consumer_secret = "SECRET_CREDENTIAL"
access_token = "SECRET_CREDENTIAL"
access_token_secret = "SECRET_CREDENTIAL"
bearer_token = "SECRET_CREDENTIAL"

import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import tweepy

# load .env-Cile
load_dotenv()

# Create a client instance for Twitter API v2
client = tweepy.Client(bearer_token=os.getenv("bearer_token"))

# Fetch a user by username
username = "IngoKaulbachQS"
user = client.get_user(username=username)

# Access the user information
print(f"User ID: {user.data.id}")
print(f"Username: {user.data.username}")
print(f"Name: {user.data.name}")
print(f"User ID: {user}")

UPDATE

Updated requirement from "dotenv" to "python-dotenv".

Error messages were not helpfull, neither AI-Systems. Classic googeling and try-and-error did the job. This is no fun. Python could have done better.

Tags Python, Tweepy, Twitter, X

Development Java

Twitter4J

In my last post I created a twitter developer account. In this post I will access Twitter with a Java program.

Setup Eclipse Project

Create a new Maven Project:

Create a simple project (skip archetype selection).

Change JRE System Library from Java 1.5 to Java 1.8.

Add Twitter4J to Maven dependencies:



    4.0.0
    de.kaulbach
    twitter
    1.0-SNAPSHOT
    jar

    
        1.8
        1.8
        UTF-8
        UTF-8
    

    
        
            org.twitter4j
            twitter4j-stream
            4.0.7
        
    

    
        twitter

Configuration

Create a new file twitter4j.properties in folder src/main/resources with account properties from developer console:

oauth.consumerKey =       // your key (API key)
oauth.consumerSecret =    // your secret (API secret key)
oauth.accessToken =       // your token
oauth.accessTokenSecret = // your token secret

There are some other ways to configure (Java Code, Environment Variables, System Properties), see here

Java Code

Write a simple Code Example to show 7 Tweets with HashTag #Happy:

public class TwitterClient {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        Twitter twitter = TwitterFactory.getSingleton();
        Query query = new Query("#Happy");
        query.setCount(7);
        QueryResult result = twitter.search(query);
        for (Status status : result.getTweets()) {
            System.out.println("--");
            System.out.println("@" + status.getUser().getScreenName() + ":" + status.getText());
        }
        System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
    }
}

Change code to show Tweets of Pope Francis with God in it:

Query query = new Query("from:Pontifex God");

Tags Twitter, Twitter4J

Development

Twitter Developer Account

Post author By Ingo
Post date 2020-December-07
No Comments on Twitter Developer Account

Everyone is talking about and on Twitter. Mostly every Tweet is public and pullable, this makes Twitter a gold mine of data (or a pile of mud, reading some of the Tweets).

I heard, with a Twitter Developer Account you can do a thing or two, so let's try this.

Twitter Developer Account

Login or create a Twitter account at: https://apps.twitter.com/.
Create a new app (button on the top right):

Apply for a Twitter developer account

You have to answer some questions, but finally:

After confirming the email you can create your first Twitter App.
It starts to give it a name

You will be honoured with three secret keys: API key, API secret key and the Bearer token

Give it a try! (really, do it)

Next try: type in the curl command in your command line:

curl -X GET -H "Authorization: Bearer " "https://api.twitter.com/2/tweets/440322224407314432?expansions=attachments.media_keys,author_id"

{"data":{"text":"If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars http://t.co/C9U5NOtGap","id":"440322224407314432","attachments":{"media_keys":["3_440322224092745728"]},"author_id":"15846407"},"includes":{"media":[{"media_key":"3_440322224092745728","type":"photo"}],"users":[{"id":"15846407","name":"Ellen DeGeneres","username":"TheEllenShow"}]}}

Next stop: The Developer Portal Dashboard

Documentation

The official Twitter API v2 Documentation seems to be a good point to start: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/early-access

Playground

Try to use the User lookup from the command line:

curl -X GET -H "Authorization: Bearer " "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/by?usernames=twitterdev,twitterapi,adsapi&user.fields=created_at&expansions=pinned_tweet_id&tweet.fields=author_id,created_at"
{"data":[{"name":"Twitter Dev","pinned_tweet_id":"1293593516040269825","created_at":"2013-12-14T04:35:55.000Z","username":"TwitterDev","id":"2244994945"},{"name":"Twitter API","pinned_tweet_id":"1293595870563381249","created_at":"2007-05-23T06:01:13.000Z","username":"TwitterAPI","id":"6253282"},{"name":"Twitter Ads API","created_at":"2013-02-27T20:01:12.000Z","username":"AdsAPI","id":"1225933934"}],"includes":{"tweets":[{"author_id":"2244994945","id":"1293593516040269825","created_at":"2020-08-12T17:01:42.000Z","text":"It's finally here! \uD83E\uDD41 Say hello to the new #TwitterAPI.\n\nWe're rebuilding the Twitter API v2 from the ground up to better serve our developer community. And today's launch is only the beginning.\n\nhttps://t.co/32VrwpGaJw https://t.co/KaFSbjWUA8"},{"author_id":"6253282","id":"1293595870563381249","created_at":"2020-08-12T17:11:04.000Z","text":"Twitter API v2: Early Access released\n\nToday we announced Early Access to the first endpoints of the new Twitter API!\n\n#TwitterAPI #EarlyAccess #VersionBump https://t.co/g7v3aeIbtQ"}]}}

Try to use the Tweets lookup from the command line:

curl -X GET -H "Authorization: Bearer " "https://api.twitter.com/2/tweets?ids=1228393702244134912,1227640996038684673,1199786642791452673&tweet.fields=created_at&expansions=author_id&user.fields=created_at"
{"data":[{"created_at":"2020-02-14T19:00:55.000Z","text":"What did the developer write in their Valentine's card?\n  \nwhile(true) {\n    I = Love(You);  \n}","id":"1228393702244134912","author_id":"2244994945"},{"created_at":"2020-02-12T17:09:56.000Z","text":"Doctors: Googling stuff online does not make you a doctor\n\nDevelopers: https://t.co/mrju5ypPkb","id":"1227640996038684673","author_id":"2244994945"},{"created_at":"2019-11-27T20:26:41.000Z","text":"C#","id":"1199786642791452673","author_id":"2244994945"}],"includes":{"users":[{"id":"2244994945","username":"TwitterDev","name":"Twitter Dev","created_at":"2013-12-14T04:35:55.000Z"}]}}

Making things a little bit more comfortable:

export BEARER_TOKEN=

Search for the recently posted Tweets with Hashtag Corona in german language:

curl -X GET -H "Authorization: Bearer $BEARER_TOKEN" "https://api.twitter.com/1.1/search/tweets.json?q=%23Corona&lang=de&result_type=recent"

Tags Twitter