def on_data(self, data): filter_file = open("filter.txt", "r") filter_lines = [x.strip('\n') for x in filter_file.readlines()] if any(x in data for x in filter_lines): print "Data failed Check moving to next" else: print data #Editing to dump to text if 'media_url' in data: text_file = open("Output.txt", "a") text_file.write(data) text_file.close() self.num_tweets = self.num_tweets + 1 if self.num_tweets < 8: return True else: text_file.close() filter_file.close() Builder.build_func() FtpPush.push_data() print('Starting Timer') time.sleep(300) print('Sleep Complete') main() return False