twitter_stream.py

# To run this code, first edit config.py with your configuration, then:
#
# mkdir data
# python twitter_stream_download.py -q apple -d data
# 
# It will produce the list of tweets for the query "apple" 
# in the file data/stream_apple.json

import tweepy
from tweepy import Stream
from tweepy import OAuthHandler
from tweepy.streaming import StreamListener
import time
import argparse
import string
import config
import json
#import simplejson as js
from pymongo import MongoClient
#import ast

def get_parser():
    """Get parser for command line arguments."""
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Twitter Downloader")
    parser.add_argument("-q",
                        "--query",
                        dest="query",
                        help="Query/Filter",
                        default='-')
    parser.add_argument("-d",
                        "--data-dir",
                        dest="data_dir",
                        help="Output/Data Directory")
    return parser


class MyListener(StreamListener):
    """Custom StreamListener for streaming data."""

    def __init__(self, data_dir, query):
        query_fname = format_filename(query)
        # client = MongoClient('mongodb://localhost:27017')
        # client = MongoClient('mongodb://syz:password@svm-ys3n15-comp6235-temp.ecs.soton.ac.uk:27017/livestream')
        client = MongoClient()
        db = client.livesteam
        self.collection = db.costa_coffee_collection
        print "**************************"
        print query_fname
        print "**************************"
        self.outfile = "%s/stream_%s.json" % (data_dir, query_fname)

    def on_data(self, data):
        try:
            with open(self.outfile, 'a') as f:
                # f.write(data)
                # data.encode("utf-8")
                # d = ast.literal_eval("{'code1':1,'code2':1}")
                item = json.loads(str(data))
                print item['created_at']
                self.collection.insert_one(item)
                return True
        except BaseException as e:
            print("Error on_data: %s" % str(e))
            time.sleep(5)
        return True

    def on_error(self, status):
        print(status)
        return True


def format_filename(fname):
    """Convert file name into a safe string.
    Arguments:
        fname -- the file name to convert
    Return:
        String -- converted file name
    """
    return ''.join(convert_valid(one_char) for one_char in fname)


def convert_valid(one_char):
    """Convert a character into '_' if invalid.
    Arguments:
        one_char -- the char to convert
    Return:
        Character -- converted char
    """
    valid_chars = "-_.%s%s" % (string.ascii_letters, string.digits)
    if one_char in valid_chars:
        return one_char
    else:
        return '_'

@classmethod
def parse(cls, api, raw):
    status = cls.first_parse(api, raw)
    setattr(status, 'json', json.dumps(raw))
    return status

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # parser = get_parser()
    # args = parser.parse_args()
    auth = OAuthHandler(config.consumer_key, config.consumer_secret)
    auth.set_access_token(config.access_token, config.access_secret)
    api = tweepy.API(auth)

    # twitter_stream = Stream(auth, MyListener(args.data_dir, args.query))
    twitter_stream = Stream(auth, MyListener('data', 'costacoffee'))
    # twitter_stream.filter(track=[args.query])
    twitter_stream.filter(track=['costacoffee'])