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Created November 21, 2012 18:20
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A Python script using FuzzyWuzzy to find the recent @andymboyle tweet that most resembles random mashing on a keyboard.
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fuzzyboyle.py
#!/usr/bin/python
import random
import string
import twitter
from fuzzywuzzy import process
api = twitter.Api()
recent_tweets = api.GetUserTimeline('andymboyle')
tweet_list = [tweet.text for tweet in recent_tweets]
random_string = ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_uppercase + string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits) for x in range(140))
best_match = process.extractOne(random_string, tweet_list)
print best_match
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