USAGE
- twitter-stream-example <username> <password>
+ stream-example -t <token> -ts <token_secret> -ck <consumer_key> -cs <consumer_secret>
"""
from __future__ import print_function
-import sys
+import argparse
-from .stream import TwitterStream
-from .auth import UserPassAuth
-from .util import printNicely
+from twitter.stream import TwitterStream, Timeout
+from twitter.oauth import OAuth
+from twitter.util import printNicely
-def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
- if not args[1:]:
+
+def parse_arguments():
+
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+
+ parser.add_argument('-t', '--token', help='The Twitter Access Token.')
+ parser.add_argument('-ts', '--token-secret', help='The Twitter Access Token Secret.')
+ parser.add_argument('-ck', '--consumer-key', help='The Twitter Consumer Key.')
+ parser.add_argument('-cs', '--consumer-secret', help='The Twitter Consumer Secret.')
+ parser.add_argument('-us', '--user-stream', action='store_true', help='Connect to the user stream endpoint.')
+ parser.add_argument('-ss', '--site-stream', action='store_true', help='Connect to the site stream endpoint.')
+ parser.add_argument('-to', '--timeout', help='Timeout for the stream (seconds)')
+ parser.add_argument('-nb', '--no-block', action='store_true', help='Set stream to non-blocking')
+ return parser.parse_args()
+
+def main():
+ args = parse_arguments()
+
+ if not all((args.token, args.token_secret, args.consumer_key, args.consumer_secret)):
print(__doc__)
- return 1
+ return 2
- # When using twitter stream you must authorize. UserPass or OAuth.
- stream = TwitterStream(auth=UserPassAuth(args[0], args[1]))
+ # When using twitter stream you must authorize.
+ auth = OAuth(args.token, args.token_secret, args.consumer_key, args.consumer_secret)
+ if args.user_stream:
+ stream = TwitterStream(auth=auth, domain='userstream.twitter.com', timeout=args.timeout, block=not args.no_block)
+ tweet_iter = stream.user()
+ elif args.site_stream:
+ stream = TwitterStream(auth=auth, domain='sitestream.twitter.com')
+ tweet_iter = stream.site()
+ else:
+ stream = TwitterStream(auth=auth)
+ tweet_iter = stream.statuses.sample()
# Iterate over the sample stream.
- tweet_iter = stream.statuses.sample()
for tweet in tweet_iter:
# You must test that your tweet has text. It might be a delete
# or data message.
- if tweet.get('text'):
+ if tweet is None:
+ printNicely("-- None --")
+ elif tweet is Timeout:
+ printNicely("-- Timeout --")
+ elif tweet.get('text'):
printNicely(tweet['text'])
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ main()