#1

So my bot account have to reply to only original tweets that mentioned my bot’s screen_name.

So here’s the rule I applied:

printer = IDPrinter(keys.bearer_token)
printer.add_rules(tweepy.StreamRule('@botName -(from:botName OR is:reply)'))

Doesn’t above rule means stream tweet that mentioning @botName but it has to be a original tweet and not a tweet from a bot itself?

But if I test the above code such as ‘@myBot Hey’, it doesn’t stream the tweet.

What am I doing wring here?
Can I get any help? Thanks

#2

I think the parentheses with a negation doesn’t work, negation has to be applied to an operator instead, so this should work:

@botName -from:botName -is:reply
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#3

Thanks for the help, but unfortunately it does not work.

#4

Doesn’t work as in doesn’t match tweets or something else?

I would have thought original tweets starting with a mention would not be treated as a reply but maybe I’m wrong.

You may have to have a broader rule and then filter things out yourself:

to:botName -from:botName

And then check to see that the tweet is an original tweet, by comparing the conversation_id and tweet ID, if they’re different it’s not an original tweet, if they’re the same it’s a new tweet that was created.