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Python for Secret Agents - Volume II

You're reading from   Python for Secret Agents - Volume II Gather, analyze, and decode data to reveal hidden facts using Python, the perfect tool for all aspiring secret agents

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2015
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ISBN-13 9781785283406
Length 180 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Steven F. Lott Steven F. Lott
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Who's doing the talking?

We'll use the TwitterAPI module to gather information about people by using the Twitter social network. This is not necessarily the "best" social network. It's widely-used and has a good API. Other social networking software is also important, and worthy of study. We have to begin somewhere, and Twitter seems to have a fairly low barrier to entry.

In Chapter 1, New Missions, New Tools, we downloaded the Twitter API. For information on how to use this package, visit http://pythonhosted.org/TwitterAPI/.

The first step to using Twitter is to have a Twitter account. This is easy and free. Agents who don't have a Twitter account can sign up at http://www.twitter.com. Once signed up, agents might want to follow the Twitter feed of PacktPub (https://twitter.com/PacktPub) to see how Twitter works.

An agent will need to provide a mobile phone number to Twitter to create applications. The information is available here: https://support.twitter.com...

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