twitter-user-search.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

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# twitter-user-search
#  - performs a search for users matching a certain query
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from twitter import *

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# load our API credentials
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import sys

sys.path.append(".")
import config

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# create twitter API object
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twitter = Twitter(auth=OAuth(config.access_key,
                             config.access_secret,
                             config.consumer_key,
                             config.consumer_secret))

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# perform a user search 
# twitter API docs: https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/get/users/search
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results = twitter.users.search(q='"New Cross"')

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# loop through each of the users, and print their details
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for user in results:
    print("@%s (%s): %s" % (user["screen_name"], user["name"], user["location"]))