melbourneBox = [143.7,-38.5,145.9,-37.05] # just obfuscate, meaning these are harder to find / steal firstHidden = base64.b64decode("VWxQNkdMc2s1TTJVVUEwVHVGZHVNREd2Yg==").decode("utf-8") secondHidden = base64.b64decode("NHNqQ1VHWE81VGZqemM5RTNuUlFXUlVLTG1iY0M2dkFPS2p3d0tUZDYwbHFvVDNyZVM=").decode("utf-8") thirdHidden = base64.b64decode("MjgwOTIyNTk0LXB4dTBtMnNqR01xeUU3ZTZhdmFOUUk0bmlDdXE2d2RoY202UmFRV04=").decode("utf-8") fourthHidden = base64.b64decode("aVV4cVk3UjNCVE5lTWN6NmZRakloczJuYTRqbjV6RUx5cmtYdGdTYTFUNGs3").decode("utf-8") # create the interface to the database db = DBInterface(dbstring) # authenticate auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(firstHidden, secondHidden) auth.set_access_token(thirdHidden, fourthHidden) api = tweepy.API(auth) # decide what mode to run the application in mode = sys.argv[1] if mode == 'search' or mode == 'both': # start searching for all tweets going back a week sfThread = Searcher(api, db, melbourneRadial) sfThread.start() if mode == 'stream' or mode == 'both': # start streaming tweets listener = Streamer(db) stream = tweepy.Stream(auth=api.auth, listener=listener) stream.filter(locations=melbourneBox)