TweetSweep

(Deprecated, uses Twitter API v1)

What is TweetSweep?

TweetSweep is a lightweight command-line tool that lets you sweep any twitter handle for desired strings. It can optionally avoid undesirable strings or output to a .csv

Usage

Parameters

• -u, --usernames

  • A comma-delimited string of twitter handles to search
  • -u bryan_ash,some_other_handle
  • Required

• -m, --matches

  • A comma-delimited string of the keywords that a tweet should include
  • -i P90X,HubSpot
  • Required

• -e, --excludes

  • A comma-delimited string of the keywords that shouldn't be present in a tweet
  • -e instagram
  • Not Required

• -o, --output

  • An optional CSV file to output the results to. If this isn't included, the results are printed to the console.
  • -o tweets.csv
  • Not required

• -a, --any

  • Match any of the provided keywords.
  • -a
  • Not required

• -i, --insensitive

  • Make the search case-insensitive
  • -i
  • Not required

Sample Output

python tweetsweep.py -u bryan_ash -m p90x,hubspot -i -a

Handle: bryan_ash

Number of tweets: 147

Get ready, get set, #getatme with @hubspotdev http://t.co/WGhT8qCJBe

..........

Foam Roller acquired. Get ready @P90X2, I'm coming for ya! #bestshapeofmylife

Ohmygoshohmygosh #bringit @P90X2 http://t.co/BjUkKpcd

Disclaimers

• Only tested on Mac OS X.

• Pull requests are welcome!

• Twitter's API only allows a given network to hit their API 150 times per hour. Check out the docs for more info.

License

Copyright (c) 2013 Bryan (Bash) Ash

Licensed under the MIT license.