twitter/stream_example.py

   1 """
   2 Example program for the Stream API. This prints public status messages
   3 from the "sample" stream as fast as possible.
   4
   5 USAGE
   6
   7   twitter-stream-example <username> <password>
   8
   9 """
  10
  11 from __future__ import print_function
  12
  13 import sys
  14
  15 from .stream import TwitterStream
  16 from .auth import UserPassAuth
  17 from .util import printNicely
  18
  19 def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
  20     if not args[1:]:
  21         print(__doc__)
  22         return 1
  23
  24     # When using twitter stream you must authorize. UserPass or OAuth.
  25     stream = TwitterStream(auth=UserPassAuth(args[0], args[1]))
  26
  27     # Iterate over the sample stream.
  28     tweet_iter = stream.statuses.sample()
  29     for tweet in tweet_iter:
  30         # You must test that your tweet has text. It might be a delete
  31         # or data message.
  32         if tweet.get('text'):
  33             printNicely(tweet['text'])