def twitterreq(url, method, parameters):
"""
Send twitter URL request
Utility function used by the others in this package
Note: calls a function twitter_credentials() contained in
a file named twitter_credentials.py which must be provided
individually by each user, which returns the values for:
api_key
api_secret
access_token_key
access_token_secret
as a tuple in that order
This is a modification of a shell provided by
Bill Howe
University of Washington
for the Coursera course Introduction to Data Science
Spring/Summer 2014
(which I HIGHLY recommend)
"""
import oauth2 as oauth
import urllib2 as urllib
# this is a private function containing my Twitter credentials
from twitter_credentials import twitter_credentials
api_key,api_secret,access_token_key,access_token_secret = twitter_credentials()
_debug = 0
oauth_token = oauth.Token(key=access_token_key, secret=access_token_secret)
oauth_consumer = oauth.Consumer(key=api_key, secret=api_secret)
signature_method_hmac_sha1 = oauth.SignatureMethod_HMAC_SHA1()
http_method = "GET"
http_handler = urllib.HTTPHandler(debuglevel=_debug)
https_handler = urllib.HTTPSHandler(debuglevel=_debug)
'''
Construct, sign, and open a twitter request
using the hard-coded credentials above.
'''
req = oauth.Request.from_consumer_and_token(oauth_consumer,
token=oauth_token,
http_method=http_method,
http_url=url,
parameters=parameters)
req.sign_request(signature_method_hmac_sha1, oauth_consumer, oauth_token)
headers = req.to_header()
if http_method == "POST":
encoded_post_data = req.to_postdata()
else:
encoded_post_data = None
url = req.to_url()
opener = urllib.OpenerDirector()
opener.add_handler(http_handler)
opener.add_handler(https_handler)
response = opener.open(url, encoded_post_data)
return response
def twitterreq(url, method, parameters):
"""
Send twitter URL request
Utility function used by the others in this package
Note: calls a function twitter_credentials() contained in
a file named twitter_credentials.py which must be provided as follows:
api_key = " your credentials "
api_secret = " your credentials "
access_token_key = " your credentials "
access_token_secret = " your credentials "
return (api_key,api_secret,access_token_key,access_token_secret)
This function is based on a shell provided by
Bill Howe
University of Washington
for the Coursera course Introduction to Data Science
Spring/Summer 2014
(which I HIGHLY recommend)
"""
import oauth2 as oauth
import urllib2 as urllib
import sys, time
# this is a private function containing my Twitter credentials
from twitter_credentials import twitter_credentials
api_key,api_secret,access_token_key,access_token_secret = twitter_credentials()
_debug = 0
oauth_token = oauth.Token(key=access_token_key, secret=access_token_secret)
oauth_consumer = oauth.Consumer(key=api_key, secret=api_secret)
signature_method_hmac_sha1 = oauth.SignatureMethod_HMAC_SHA1()
http_method = "GET"
http_handler = urllib.HTTPHandler(debuglevel=_debug)
https_handler = urllib.HTTPSHandler(debuglevel=_debug)
'''
Construct, sign, and open a twitter request
using the hard-coded credentials above.
'''
req = oauth.Request.from_consumer_and_token(oauth_consumer,
token=oauth_token,
http_method=http_method,
http_url=url,
parameters=parameters)
req.sign_request(signature_method_hmac_sha1, oauth_consumer, oauth_token)
headers = req.to_header()
if http_method == "POST":
encoded_post_data = req.to_postdata()
else:
encoded_post_data = None
url = req.to_url()
opener = urllib.OpenerDirector()
opener.add_handler(http_handler)
opener.add_handler(https_handler)
try:
response = opener.open(url, encoded_post_data)
except:
print "\n ERROR IN TWITTERREQ"
print sys.exc_info()
time.sleep(60) # wait 60 seconds
# try one more time
response = opener.open(url, encoded_post_data)
return response
def twitterreq(url, method, parameters):
"""
Send twitter URL request
Utility function used by the others in this package
Note: calls a function twitter_credentials() contained in
a file named twitter_credentials.py which must be provided as follows:
api_key = " your credentials "
api_secret = " your credentials "
access_token_key = " your credentials "
access_token_secret = " your credentials "
return (api_key,api_secret,access_token_key,access_token_secret)
This function is based on a shell provided by
Bill Howe
University of Washington
for the Coursera course Introduction to Data Science
Spring/Summer 2014
(which I HIGHLY recommend)
"""
import oauth2 as oauth
import urllib2 as urllib
# this is a private function containing my Twitter credentials
from twitter_credentials import twitter_credentials
api_key, api_secret, access_token_key, access_token_secret = twitter_credentials(
)
_debug = 0
oauth_token = oauth.Token(key=access_token_key, secret=access_token_secret)
oauth_consumer = oauth.Consumer(key=api_key, secret=api_secret)
signature_method_hmac_sha1 = oauth.SignatureMethod_HMAC_SHA1()
http_method = "GET"
http_handler = urllib.HTTPHandler(debuglevel=_debug)
https_handler = urllib.HTTPSHandler(debuglevel=_debug)
'''
Construct, sign, and open a twitter request
using the hard-coded credentials above.
'''
req = oauth.Request.from_consumer_and_token(oauth_consumer,
token=oauth_token,
http_method=http_method,
http_url=url,
parameters=parameters)
req.sign_request(signature_method_hmac_sha1, oauth_consumer, oauth_token)
headers = req.to_header()
if http_method == "POST":
encoded_post_data = req.to_postdata()
else:
encoded_post_data = None
url = req.to_url()
opener = urllib.OpenerDirector()
opener.add_handler(http_handler)
opener.add_handler(https_handler)
response = opener.open(url, encoded_post_data)
return response
def twitterreq(url, method, parameters):
"""
Send twitter URL request (URL request meaning the URL you need to use in the API to get the data)
Utility function used by the others in this package
Note: calls a function twitter_credentials() contained in
a file named twitter_credentials.py which must be provided as follows:
api_key = " your credentials "
api_secret = " your credentials "
access_token_key = " your credentials "
access_token_secret = " your credentials "
return (api_key,api_secret,access_token_key,access_token_secret)
This function is based on a shell provided by and further adapted by George Fisher (see link above)
Bill Howe
University of Washington
for the Coursera course Introduction to Data Science
Spring/Summer 2014
"""
import oauth2 as oauth
import urllib2 as urllib
# this is a private function containing my Twitter credentials
from twitter_credentials import twitter_credentials
api_key,api_secret,access_token_key,access_token_secret = twitter_credentials()
_debug = 0
oauth_token = oauth.Token(key=access_token_key, secret=access_token_secret)
oauth_consumer = oauth.Consumer(key=api_key, secret=api_secret)
signature_method_hmac_sha1 = oauth.SignatureMethod_HMAC_SHA1()
http_method = "GET"
http_handler = urllib.HTTPHandler(debuglevel=_debug)
https_handler = urllib.HTTPSHandler(debuglevel=_debug)
'''
Construct, sign, and open a twitter request
using the hard-coded credentials above.
'''
req = oauth.Request.from_consumer_and_token(oauth_consumer,
token=oauth_token,
http_method=http_method,
http_url=url,
parameters=parameters)
req.sign_request(signature_method_hmac_sha1, oauth_consumer, oauth_token)
headers = req.to_header()
if http_method == "POST":
encoded_post_data = req.to_postdata()
else:
encoded_post_data = None
url = req.to_url()
opener = urllib.OpenerDirector()
opener.add_handler(http_handler)
opener.add_handler(https_handler)
response = opener.open(url, encoded_post_data)
return response
