TwitterGeoPics

Python scripts for geocoding tweets and for downloading images embedded in tweets. Supports Python 2.x and 3.x.

SearchOldTweets.py

Uses 'search/tweets' Twitter resource to get tweets, geocode and embedded photos.

Example:

> python -u -m TwitterGeoPics.SearchOldTweets -words love hate -location nyc

For help:

> python -u -m TwitterGeoPics.SearchOldTweets -h

StreamNewTweets.py

Uses 'statuses/filter' Twitter resource to get tweets, geocode and embedded photos.

Example:

> python -u -m TwitterGeoPics.StreamNewTweets -words love hate -location nyc

For help:

> python -u -m TwitterGeoPics.StreamNewTweets -h

Authentication

See TwitterAPI documentation:

Geocoder

The geocoder uses Google Maps API to get latitude and longitude from a human-readable address.

All geocode is cached to avoid duplicate requests. Geocode requests are throttled to avoid exceeding the rate limit. See Geocoder.py for more information.

Dependencies

TwitterAPI
pygeocoder
Fridge

Install

python3 -m venv env/py3  
source env/py3/bin/activate  
pip3 install --upgrade setuptools wheel
pip3 install fridge pygeocoder TwitterAPI
python3 setup.py build  
python3 setup.py install

or python2.7

deactivate
virtualenv env/py2
python --version
source env/py2/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel
pip install fridge pygeocoder TwitterAPI
python setup.py build
python setup.py install