twitter-api-client

from twitter.account import Account

email, username, password = ..., ..., ...
account = Account(email, username, password, debug=2, save=True)

account.tweet('test 123')
account.untweet(123456)
account.retweet(123456)
account.unretweet(123456)
account.reply('foo', tweet_id=123456)
account.quote('bar', tweet_id=123456)
account.schedule_tweet('schedule foo', 1681851240)
account.unschedule_tweet(123456)

account.tweet('hello world', media=[
    {'media': 'test.jpg', 'alt': 'some alt text', 'tagged_users': [123]},
    {'media': 'test.jpeg', 'alt': 'some alt text', 'tagged_users': [123]},
    {'media': 'test.png', 'alt': 'some alt text', 'tagged_users': [123]},
    {'media': 'test.jfif', 'alt': 'some alt text', 'tagged_users': [123]},
])

account.schedule_tweet('foo bar', '2023-04-18 15:42', media=[
    {'media': 'test.gif', 'alt': 'some alt text'},
])

account.schedule_reply('hello world', '2023-04-19 15:42', tweet_id=123456, media=[
    {'media': 'test.gif', 'alt': 'some alt text'},
])

account.dm('my message', [1234], media='test.jpg')

account.create_poll('test poll 123', ['hello', 'world', 'foo', 'bar'], 10080)

# tweets
account.like(123456)
account.unlike(123456)
account.bookmark(123456)
account.unbookmark(123456)
account.pin(123456)
account.unpin(123456)

# users
account.follow(1234)
account.unfollow(1234)
account.mute(1234)
account.unmute(1234)
account.enable_notifications(1234)
account.disable_notifications(1234)
account.block(1234)
account.unblock(1234)

# user profile
account.update_profile_image('test.jpg')
account.update_profile_banner('test.png')
account.update_profile_info(name='Foo Bar', description='test 123', location='Victoria, BC')

#  topics
account.follow_topic(111)
account.unfollow_topic(111)

# lists
account.create_list('My List', 'description of my list', private=False)
account.update_list(222, 'My Updated List', 'some updated description', private=False)
account.update_list_banner(222, 'test.png')
account.delete_list_banner(222)
account.add_list_member(222, 1234)
account.remove_list_member(222, 1234)
account.delete_list(222)
account.pin_list(222)
account.unpin_list(222)

# refresh all pinned lists in this order
account.update_pinned_lists([222, 111, 333])

# unpin all lists
account.update_pinned_lists([])

# get timelines
timeline = account.home_timeline()
latest_timeline = account.home_latest_timeline(limit=500)

# get bookmarks
bookmarks = account.bookmarks()

# example configuration
account.update_settings({
    "address_book_live_sync_enabled": False,
    "allow_ads_personalization": False,
    "allow_authenticated_periscope_requests": True,
    "allow_dm_groups_from": "following",
    "allow_dms_from": "following",
    "allow_location_history_personalization": False,
    "allow_logged_out_device_personalization": False,
    "allow_media_tagging": "none",
    "allow_sharing_data_for_third_party_personalization": False,
    "alt_text_compose_enabled": None,
    "always_use_https": True,
    "autoplay_disabled": False,
    "country_code": "us",
    "discoverable_by_email": False,
    "discoverable_by_mobile_phone": False,
    "display_sensitive_media": False,
    "dm_quality_filter": "enabled",
    "dm_receipt_setting": "all_disabled",
    "geo_enabled": False,
    "include_alt_text_compose": True,
    "include_mention_filter": True,
    "include_nsfw_admin_flag": True,
    "include_nsfw_user_flag": True,
    "include_ranked_timeline": True,
    "language": "en",
    "mention_filter": "unfiltered",
    "nsfw_admin": False,
    "nsfw_user": False,
    "personalized_trends": True,
    "protected": False,
    "ranked_timeline_eligible": None,
    "ranked_timeline_setting": None,
    "require_password_login": False,
    "requires_login_verification": False,
    "sleep_time": {
        "enabled": False,
        "end_time": None,
        "start_time": None
    },
    "translator_type": "none",
    "universal_quality_filtering_enabled": "enabled",
    "use_cookie_personalization": False,
})

# example configuration
account.update_search_settings({
    "optInFiltering": True,  # filter nsfw content
    "optInBlocking": True,  # filter blocked accounts
})

## change_password('old pwd','new pwd)

Scraping

Get all user/tweet data

from twitter.scraper import Scraper

email, username, password = ..., ..., ...
scraper = Scraper(email, username, password, debug=1, save=True)

# user data
users = scraper.users(['foo', 'bar', 'hello', 'world'])
users = scraper.users_by_ids([123, 234, 345])  # batch-request
tweets = scraper.tweets([123, 234, 345])
likes = scraper.likes([123, 234, 345])
tweets_and_replies = scraper.tweets_and_replies([123, 234, 345])
media = scraper.media([123, 234, 345])
following = scraper.following([123, 234, 345])
followers = scraper.followers([123, 234, 345])
scraper.tweet_stats([111111, 222222, 333333])


# tweet data
tweets_by_ids = scraper.tweets_by_id([987, 876, 754])
tweets_details = scraper.tweets_details([987, 876, 754])
retweeters = scraper.retweeters([987, 876, 754])
favoriters = scraper.favoriters([987, 876, 754])

scraper.download_media([
    111111,
    222222,
    333333,
    444444,
])

# trends
scraper.trends()

Get user/tweet data (no auth)

from twitter.noauth.scraper import Scraper

scraper = Scraper()

users = scraper.users(['foo', 'bar', 'baz'])
users = scraper.users_by_id([123, 234, 345])
users = scraper.users_by_ids([123, 234, 345])  # special batch query

tweets = scraper.tweets_by_id([987, 876, 765])  # condensed
tweets = scraper.tweets_details([987, 876, 765])

user_tweets = scraper.tweets([123, 234, 345])
user_tweets_replies = scraper.tweets_and_replies([123, 234, 345])
user_media = scraper.media([123, 234, 345])

Search

from twitter.search import search

search(
    '(#dogs OR #cats) min_retweets:500',
    'min_faves:10000 @elonmusk until:2023-02-16 since:2023-02-01',
    'brasil portugal -argentina',
    'paperswithcode -tensorflow -tf',
    'skateboarding baseball guitar',
    'cheese bread butter',
    'ios android',
    # limit=1000, # optional limit
)

search results are output to ~/data/raw
~400 search results rate limiting occurs

Search Operators Reference

https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/v1/rules-and-filtering/search-operators

https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/tweets/search/integrate/build-a-query

Notes

/Followers currently has extremely low rate limit of 50 requests/15 minutes