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Script to delete tweets using the twitter data export output file
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| /* | |
| * Usage: node delete_my_tweets.js {TWITTER_DATA_EXPORT}/data/tweets.js | |
| * Set your twitter api keys before running the script on these env variables: | |
| * TWITTER_CONSUMER_APP_KEY | |
| * TWITTER_CONSUMER_APP_SECRET | |
| * TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN | |
| * TWITTER_ACCESS_SECRET | |
| */ | |
| import { TwitterApi } from "twitter-api-v2"; | |
| import fs from "fs"; | |
| const DELETED_TWEETS_FILE = "deleted.json"; | |
| const deletedTweets = fs.existsSync(DELETED_TWEETS_FILE) | |
| ? JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(DELETED_TWEETS_FILE, "utf8")) | |
| : []; | |
| const client = new TwitterApi({ | |
| appKey: process.env.TWITTER_CONSUMER_APP_KEY, | |
| appSecret: process.env.TWITTER_CONSUMER_APP_SECRET, | |
| accessToken: process.env.TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN, | |
| accessSecret: process.env.TWITTER_ACCESS_SECRET, | |
| }); | |
| const delay = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms)); | |
| const deleteTweet = async (tweetId) => { | |
| try { | |
| const response = await client.v2.deleteTweet(tweetId); | |
| console.log(response); | |
| if (response?.data?.deleted) { | |
| deletedTweets.push(tweetId); | |
| await delay(2000); | |
| return true; | |
| } else { | |
| return false; | |
| } | |
| } catch (e) { | |
| console.error(e); | |
| return false; | |
| } | |
| }; | |
| async function run() { | |
| const tweetsJs = fs.readFileSync(process.argv[2], "utf8"); | |
| const tweets = JSON.parse(tweetsJs.replace("window.YTD.tweets.part0 = ", "")); | |
| let i = 0; | |
| for (const tweet of tweets) { | |
| console.log("Tweet", i, tweet.tweet.id_str, tweet.tweet.favorite_count); | |
| i++; | |
| if (parseInt(tweet?.tweet?.favorite_count || "0") > 300) { | |
| continue; | |
| } | |
| const tweetId = tweet.tweet.id_str; | |
| if (!deletedTweets.includes(tweetId)) { | |
| const deleted = await deleteTweet(tweetId); | |
| if (!deleted) { | |
| console.error("Failed to delete tweet", tweetId); | |
| break; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| fs.writeFileSync( | |
| DELETED_TWEETS_FILE, | |
| JSON.stringify(deletedTweets, null, 2), | |
| "utf8" | |
| ); | |
| } | |
| run(); |
Hello,
wanted to ask how I can get the JS to work? Do I have to start it in the Chrome Console? If so, where do I have to put the file?
Tesekürler! :)
Hi, you run it with node on the terminal (step 4 above).
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Prerequisites
You need to set up twitter developer account, follow https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/getting-started/getting-access-to-the-twitter-api
Export your API keys before running the script:
You also need to download your tweets from https://twitter.com/settings/download_your_data
When you're all set up, run
node delete_my_tweets.js {TWITTER_DATA_EXPORT}/data/tweets.jsYou can tweak the filter to select which tweets to be deleted, current filter reads:
parseInt(tweet?.tweet?.favorite_count || "0") > 300which implies "do not delete tweets with more than 300 likes".