def print_tweets(tweets):
""" prints the tweets from tweets: list of tweet dicts """
print
for tweet in tweets:
text = get_tweet(tweet)
text = text.encode('unicode-escape')
text = ununicode(text)
text = unescape(text)
print parser(text)
print
""" utilities """
import re
import requests
from requests_oauthlib import OAuth1
from HTMLParser import HTMLParser as parser
parser = parser().unescape
APP_KEY = 'LygFznM7If85hSM6bUxiVLi2t'
APP_SECRET = 'INXtZ3OJ5IttsSJ9KrhwVPWdaL9SVvK4p2elD6nr5QiZfdwwVp'
def strings_startswith(str_lst, char):
""" returns a list of words that starts with char from all the strings
str_lst : a list of strings
"""
words = []
pattern = r'[^\w](' + char + '\w+)'
for string in str_lst:
words.extend(re.findall(pattern, ' ' + string))
return words
def ununicode(text):
""" removes unicode combinations """
pat = r'http:\\u\d+'
pat1 = r'\\u\d+'
text = re.sub(pat, '', text)
text = re.sub(pat1, '', text)
def unescape(inputStr):
return parser().unescape(inputStr)
