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