Practical Data Analysis - Second Edition

Getting started with Twython

In this chapter, we will use Twython 3, which is a Python wrapper of the Twitter API v1.1. We can download the latest version of Twython from the pypi Python website:

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/twython

Then, we need to unzip and open the twython folder, and finally, we install the twython module with the following command:

>>> python3 setup.py install

Or, we can also install Twython through pip with the following command:

We can find the complete reference documentation for Twython in the following link:

https://twython.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html

Tip

We can find a complete list of Twitter libraries for several ...