twitter_search.py 文件源码

def tweet_search(api, query, max_tweets, max_id, since_id, geocode):
    ''' Function that takes in a search string 'query', the maximum
        number of tweets 'max_tweets', and the minimum (i.e., starting)
        tweet id. It returns a list of tweepy.models.Status objects. '''

    searched_tweets = []
    while len(searched_tweets) < max_tweets:
        remaining_tweets = max_tweets - len(searched_tweets)
        try:
            new_tweets = api.search(q=query, count=remaining_tweets,
                                    since_id=str(since_id),
                                    max_id=str(max_id-1))
#                                    geocode=geocode)
            print('found',len(new_tweets),'tweets')
            if not new_tweets:
                print('no tweets found')
                break
            searched_tweets.extend(new_tweets)
            max_id = new_tweets[-1].id
        except tweepy.TweepError:
            print('exception raised, waiting 15 minutes')
            print('(until:', dt.datetime.now()+dt.timedelta(minutes=15), ')')
            time.sleep(15*60)
            break # stop the loop
    return searched_tweets, max_id