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Nuke My Tweets
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| #!/bin/python3 | |
| """ | |
| A python script to nuke tweets in your account using tweet history | |
| @requirements: tweepy, python-dotenv | |
| """ | |
| from os import getenv | |
| from os.path import join, dirname | |
| from dotenv import load_dotenv | |
| import tweepy | |
| import csv | |
| # Load env file | |
| dotenv_path = join(dirname(__file__), '.env') | |
| load_dotenv(dotenv_path) | |
| # Access env variables | |
| consumer_key = getenv('CONSUMER_KEY') | |
| consumer_secret = getenv('CONSUMER_SECRET') | |
| access_token = getenv('ACCESS_TOKEN') | |
| access_token_secret = getenv('ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET') | |
| tweets_to_keep = getenv('TWEETS_TO_KEEP').split(',') | |
| tweets_csv = getenv('PATH_TO_TWEETS') | |
| auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret) | |
| auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret) | |
| print('OAuth request sent') | |
| api = tweepy.API(auth) | |
| print('OAuth successful, now loading tweets archive') | |
| with open(tweets_csv, 'r') as f: | |
| reader = csv.reader(f) | |
| # Skip header | |
| next(reader, None) | |
| # Convert CSV to list | |
| tweets_list = list(reader) | |
| print('Nuking...') | |
| for tweet in tweets_list: | |
| # tweet[0] is the tweet_id column | |
| tweet_id = tweet[0] | |
| if (tweet_id in tweets_to_keep): | |
| # Do not delete tweet | |
| print('[ 0 ] tweet with id %s' %(tweet_id)) | |
| else: | |
| # Delete the tweet | |
| api.destroy_status(tweet_id) | |
| print('[ - ] tweet with id %s' %(tweet_id)) | |
| print('Mission complete!') |
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