It’s not returning any results. No errors are returned, the HTTP response is 200 OK.
I search for simple queries and they work for twitter.com
Here’s my code:
from twitter import *
from xml.dom import minidom
import datetime
import time
import sys
# Gets the max and min of the id
def getMaxMinId(results):
minId = results[0]['id'];
maxId = results[0]['id'];
for result in results:
if(result['id'] > maxId):
maxId = result['id']
if(result['id'] < minId):
minId = result['id']
return maxId, minId
# Encapsulates the search iterations to handle more than 100 counts per call
def twitterSearch(query, geocode, language, count, since_id):
results = []
sinceId = 0
query = "Twitter"
resultsAPI = t.search.tweets(q=query)
results = resultsAPI['statuses']
while (results.__len__() < int(count) & results.__len__() > 0):
# The returns are flipped intentionally
temp, maxId = getMaxMinId(results)
resultsAPI = t.search.tweets(q=query, lang=language, count=count, until=datetime.date.today(), since_id=since_id, max_id=maxId)
results += resultsAPI['statuses'];
return results
#
# The rate of update in sec
UPDATE_RATE = 1.0
# Get the name of configuration file from the cmd line argument
#xmldoc = minidom.parse(sys.argv[1])
xmldoc = minidom.parse("Configurations.xml")
# Parse XML configurations
# Get the query words
wordList = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('Word')
words = []
for word in wordList :
words.append(word.attributes['name'].value)
query = ' OR '.join(words)
# Get the geocode words
geocodeList = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('GeocodeItem')
geocodeStr = geocodeList[0].attributes['latitude'].value + "," + geocodeList[1].attributes['longitude'].value + "," + geocodeList[2].attributes['radius'].value + ","
# Get the language
language = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('Langurage')[0].attributes['language'].value
# Get the update period
updatePeriodStr = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('UpdatePeriod')[0].attributes['updatePeriod'].value
if not updatePeriodStr == "forever" :
updatePeriod = int(updatePeriodStr) / UPDATE_RATE
# Get the resultsLimit
resultsLimit = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('ResultsLimit')[0].attributes['resultsLimit'].value
if(int(resultsLimit) < 100):
numPages = 1
resultsPerPage = resultsLimit
else:
resultsPerPage = 100
numPages = int(resultsLimit) / 100
# Authenticate twitter API
t = Twitter(
auth=OAuth("1846277677-Sw5vuDcBqQdXOKZ5Pw1zLlDj8gFOfcD1L3VXx8F", "wfeTXOlxNJLXBjKBJqR6WvcD9duIjy8CrvJcsgxoqc",
"xNRGvHoz9L4xKGP28m7qbg", "oFv4dhBekboNg7pKa2BS0zztHqusr91SIdmKErDaycI")
)
# Open the log file
f = open('feeds.log', 'w')
# Start updates
updateCnt = 0
sinceId = 0
while True:
# Search for the required query with the configured options
# For the first search, use since_id = 0 and don't set max_id, so all results since now are obtained
results = twitterSearch(query=query, geocode=geocodeStr, language=language, count=resultsLimit, since_id=sinceId)
# The next since_id is the most recent one of the current search
#sinceId = results['search_metadata']['max_id']
if(results.__len__() > 0):
sinceId, temp = getMaxMinId(results)
#temp = getMaxMinId(results)
for result in results:
try:
# Print on console
try:
if not (sys.argv[2] == "q"):
print(result['text'])
except IndexError:
print(result['text'])
# Write to logs file
f.write(result['text'] + "\n")
except:
continue
# No stop condition in case of "forever" setting
if not updatePeriodStr == "forever" :
updateCnt += 1
if updateCnt >= updatePeriod :
break
# Wait for the update period
time.sleep(UPDATE_RATE)
And this the file Configurations.xml the code parses:
<Configurations>
<!--The language of tweets to be captured-->
<Langurage language="en"></Langurage>
<!--The period of acquisition in seconds. "forever" will let the script run continuously-->
<UpdatePeriod updatePeriod="forever"></UpdatePeriod>
<ResultsLimit resultsLimit="300"></ResultsLimit>
<!--The geocode parameters of the area of tweets to be captured: latitude, longitude, radius. Ex: Saudi Arabia: 23.88589, 45.07933, 100mi-->
<Geocode>
<GeocodeItem latitude="24.0"></GeocodeItem>
<GeocodeItem longitude="45.0"></GeocodeItem>
<GeocodeItem radius="100mi"></GeocodeItem>
</Geocode>
<!--The list of query words of tweets-->
<QueryWords>
<Word name="#egypt"></Word>
<Word name="#ipad"></Word>
<Word name="#galaxy"></Word>
</QueryWords>
</Configurations>
