twitter api tweepy code example

Example: how to get tweets from twitter api in python

import os
import tweepy as tw
import pandas as pd

consumer_key= 'yourkeyhere'
consumer_secret= 'yourkeyhere'
access_token= 'yourkeyhere'
access_token_secret= 'yourkeyhere'
auth = tw.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
api = tw.API(auth, wait_on_rate_limit=True)
# Post a tweet from Python
api.update_status("Look, I'm tweeting from #Python in my #earthanalytics class! @EarthLabCU")
# Your tweet has been posted!
# Define the search term and the date_since date as variables
search_words = "#wildfires"
date_since = "2018-11-16"
# Collect tweets
tweets = tw.Cursor(api.search,
              q=search_words,
              lang="en",
              since=date_since).items(5)
# Collect tweets
tweets = tw.Cursor(api.search,
              q=search_words,
              lang="en",
              since=date_since).items(5)

# Iterate and print tweets
for tweet in tweets:
    print(tweet.text)
# Collect tweets
tweets = tw.Cursor(api.search,
                       q=search_words,
                       lang="en",
                       since=date_since).items(5)

# Collect a list of tweets
[tweet.text for tweet in tweets]