def get_user_tweets(self, target, days, party):
"""
Get a specific user's tweets from the last X number of days, and associate the tweets with specific paryy
:param target: Target name
:param days: Number of days to query back
:param party: The party associated with the person queried
:return: Array of tweets for the specific person
"""
tweets = []
end_date = datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(days=days)
for status in Cursor(self._api.user_timeline,
id=target,
count=1000,
tweet_mode='extended').items():
tweet = Tweet()
tweet.load_from_status(status, party)
tweets.append(tweet)
if status.created_at < end_date:
break
return tweets
def get_search_tweets(self, country_code, days, target):
"""
Free text tweets search
:param country_code: (Optional) Twitter's internal ID for the country, set None if we don't want this filter
:param days: Number of days to query back from Twitter
:param target: The search query we want to invoke against Twitter
:return: Array of tweets with party set to Unknown
"""
tweets = []
end_date = datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(days=days)
query = target
if country_code is not None:
query = 'place:{} AND {}'.format(country_code, target)
for status in Cursor(self._api.search,
q=query,
count=1000,
tweet_mode='extended').items():
if status.created_at > end_date:
tweet = Tweet()
tweet.load_from_status(status, Parties.Unknown)
tweets.append(tweet)
return tweets