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 programming languages, such as Java, C#, Python, and so on, in the following link:

https://dev.twitter.com/docs/twitter-libraries

Simple search using Twython

In this example, we will perform a search of the word python and we will print the complete list of statuses in order to understand the format of the retrieved tweets.

First, we need...