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import tweepy
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
# options
test_mode = False
verbose = True
delete_tweets = True
delete_favs = True
days_to_keep = 0 # for whe all of your tweets are really that bad
tweets_to_save = [ # all my tweets are bad and not worth saving
]
favs_to_save = [ # all my likes are bad too
]
# auth and api
consumer_key = 'REDACTED'
consumer_secret = 'REDACTED'
access_token = 'REDACTED'
access_token_secret = 'REDACTED'
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
api = tweepy.API(auth)
# set cutoff date, use utc to match twitter
cutoff_date = datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(days=days_to_keep)
# delete old tweets
if delete_tweets:
# get all timeline tweets
print("Retrieving timeline tweets")
timeline = tweepy.Cursor(api.user_timeline).items()
deletion_count = 0
ignored_count = 0
for tweet in timeline:
# where tweets are not in save list and older than cutoff date
if tweet.id not in tweets_to_save and tweet.created_at < cutoff_date:
if verbose:
print("Deleting %d: [%s] %s" % (tweet.id, tweet.created_at, tweet.text))
if not test_mode:
api.destroy_status(tweet.id)
deletion_count += 1
else:
ignored_count += 1
print("Deleted %d tweets, ignored %d" % (deletion_count, ignored_count))
else:
print("Not deleting tweets")
# unfavor old favorites
if delete_favs:
# get all favorites
print("Retrieving favorite tweets")
favorites = tweepy.Cursor(api.favorites).items()
unfav_count = 0
kept_count = 0
for tweet in favorites:
# where tweets are not in save list and older than cutoff date
if tweet.id not in favs_to_save and tweet.created_at < cutoff_date:
if verbose:
print("Unfavoring %d: [%s] %s" % (tweet.id, tweet.created_at, tweet.text))
if not test_mode:
api.destroy_favorite(tweet.id)
unfav_count += 1
else:
kept_count += 1
print("Unfavored %d tweets, ignored %d" % (unfav_count, kept_count))
else:
print("Not unfavoring tweets")
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