twitter-trends.py

#!/usr/bin/python

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# twitter-trends
#  - lists the current global trending topics
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from twitter import *

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# load our API credentials 
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config = {}
execfile("config.py", 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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# retrieve global trends.
# other localised trends can be specified by looking up WOE IDs:
#   http://developer.yahoo.com/geo/geoplanet/
# twitter API docs: https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/get/trends/place
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results = twitter.trends.place(_id = 23424975)

print "UK Trends"

for location in results:
	for trend in location["trends"]:
		print " - %s" % trend["name"]