I’m working on a Python app that uses the Tweepy API. The docs aren’t entirely thorough so I thought I’d put this out there for anyone who needed it like I did.
So for example, you have the below
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret) auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret) api = tweepy.API(auth) other_user = api.get_user(user_name) my_info = api.me()
other_user now has this structure…
User(time_zone='Eastern Time (US & Canada)' has_extended_profile=False,
profile_sidebar_fill_color='C5CEC0',
profile_use_background_image=True,
listed_count=42774,
profile_banner_url='https://xxxx',
_api=<tweepy.api.API object at 0x105a23a58>,
notifications=False,
profile_background_image_url_https='https://xxxx',
statuses_count=###,
default_profile_image=False,
status=Status(retweet_count=###,
contributors=None,
in_reply_to_user_id=None,
source='Twitter for -----',
in_reply_to_status_id=None,
favorited=False,
in_reply_to_screen_name=None,
id=########,
text='blah blah',
place=None,
is_quote_status=False,
truncated=False,
source_url='http://twitter.com/download/xxxxx',
favorite_count=#####,
retweeted=False,
lang='en',
_api=<tweepy.api.API object at 0x105a23a58>,
in_reply_to_user_id_str=None,
created_at=datetime.datetime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second),
coordinates=None,
id_str='#######',
_json={'entities': {'urls': [],
'hashtags': [],
'symbols': [],
'user_mentions': []},
'id_str': '#######',
'retweet_count': #####,
'in_reply_to_user_id': None,
'source': '<a href="http://twitter.com/download/android" rel="nofollow">Twitter for Android</a>',
'in_reply_to_status_id': None,
'favorited': False,
'geo': None,
'place': None,
'favorite_count': #####,
'truncated': False,
'in_reply_to_screen_name': None,
'id': #######,
'retweeted': False,
'lang': 'en',
'in_reply_to_user_id_str': None,
'text': 'blah blah',
'created_at': 'Fri Sep 21 13:42:44 +0000 2013',
'coordinates': None,
'in_reply_to_status_id_str': None,
'is_quote_status': False,
'contributors': None},
entities={'urls': [],
'hashtags': [],
'symbols': [],
'user_mentions': []},
geo=None,
in_reply_to_status_id_str=None),
created_at=datetime.datetime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second),
id=#######,
location='xxxx',
screen_name='xxxx',
followers_count=####,
translator_type='none',
default_profile=False,
profile_sidebar_border_color='BDDCAD',
_json={'time_zone': 'Eastern Time (US & Canada)',
'lang': 'en',
'has_extended_profile': False,
'profile_sidebar_fill_color': 'C5CEC0',
'profile_use_background_image': True,
'listed_count': #####,
'profile_banner_url': 'https://xxxx',
'notifications': False,
'profile_background_image_url_https': 'https://xxxx',
'statuses_count': #####,
'followers_count': #####,
'is_translator': False,
'translator_type': 'none',
'id': #######,
'location': 'xxxx',
'screen_name': 'xxxx',
'default_profile_image': False,
'created_at': 'day_abbreviation month date hour:minute:second +time_zone_offset year',
'default_profile': False,
'profile_sidebar_border_color': 'BDDCAD',
'entities': {'description': {'urls': []},
'url': {'urls': [{'expanded_url': 'http://www.xxxx.com',
'indices': [0, 23],
'url': 'https://xxxx',
'display_url': 'xxxx.com'}]}},
'protected': False,
'profile_image_url': 'xxxx',
'geo_enabled': True,
'url': 'https://xxxx',
'name': 'xxxx',
'profile_image_url_https': 'xxxx',
'utc_offset': -18000,
'profile_link_color': '0D5B73',
'following': False,
'status': {'entities': {'urls': [],
'hashtags': [],
'symbols': [],
'user_mentions': []},
'id_str': '#######',
'retweet_count': 24493,
'in_reply_to_user_id': None,
'source': '<a href="http://twitter.com/download/android" rel="nofollow">Twitter for Android</a>',
'in_reply_to_status_id': None,
'favorited': False,
'geo': None,
'place': None,
'favorite_count': #####,
'truncated': False,
'in_reply_to_screen_name': None,
'id': #######,
'retweeted': False,
'lang': 'en',
'in_reply_to_user_id_str': None,
'text': 'blah blah',
'created_at': 'day_abbreviation month date hour:minute:second +time_zone_offset year',
'coordinates': None,
'in_reply_to_status_id_str': None,
'is_quote_status': False,
'contributors': None},
'friends_count': ##,
'profile_background_image_url': 'http://xxxx',
'profile_background_tile': True,
'id_str': '#####',
'is_translation_enabled': True,
'profile_text_color': '333333',
'profile_location': None,
'profile_background_color': '6D5C18',
'verified': True,
'follow_request_sent': False,
'description': 'blah blah',
'favourites_count': ##,
'contributors_enabled': False},
entities={'description': {'urls': []},
'url': {'urls': [{'expanded_url': 'http://www.xxxx.com',
'indices': [0, 23],
'url': 'https://xxxx',
'display_url': 'xxxx.com'}]}},
protected=False,
profile_image_url='xxxx',
geo_enabled=True,
url='https://xxxx',
name='xxxx',
profile_image_url_https='xxxx',
utc_offset=-18000,
following=False,
profile_link_color='0D5B73',
profile_background_image_url='http://xxxx',
is_translator=False,
friends_count=##,
profile_background_tile=True,
id_str='#######',
is_translation_enabled=True,
profile_text_color='333333',
profile_location=None,
profile_background_color='6D5C18',
lang='en',
follow_request_sent=False,
description='blah blah',
verified=True,
favourites_count=##,
contributors_enabled=False)
(I manually indented these so *fingers crossed* that it’s correct)
and my_info has this structure…
User(default_profile=True,
translator_type='none',
entities={'description': {'urls': []}},
_api=<tweepy.api.API object at 0x1058eea90>,
contributors_enabled=False,
profile_background_color='F5F8FA',
has_extended_profile=False,
profile_background_tile=False,
is_translator=False,
description='',
geo_enabled=False,
statuses_count=0,
location='',
screen_name='xxxx',
protected=False,
lang='en',
_json={'default_profile': True,
'translator_type': 'none',
'entities': {'description': {'urls': []}},
'contributors_enabled': False,
'profile_background_color': 'F5F8FA',
'has_extended_profile': False,
'profile_background_tile': False,
'is_translator': False,
'description': '',
'geo_enabled': False,
'statuses_count': 0,
'location': '',
'screen_name': 'xxxx',
'protected': False,
'suspended': False,
'profile_background_image_url': None,
'profile_sidebar_fill_color': 'DDEEF6',
'default_profile_image': True,
'profile_link_color': '1DA1F2',
'lang': 'en',
'url': None,
'follow_request_sent': False,
'favourites_count': 0,
'profile_image_url': 'http://xxxx',
'following': False,
'listed_count': 0,
'needs_phone_verification': False,
'profile_sidebar_border_color': 'C0DEED',
'is_translation_enabled': False,
'followers_count': 0,
'verified': False,
'id': #######,
'profile_text_color': '333333',
'profile_location': None,
'created_at': 'Sun Nov 06 23:34:12 +0000 2016',
'notifications': False,
'profile_use_background_image': True,
'profile_background_image_url_https': None,
'friends_count': 0,
'time_zone': None,
'profile_image_url_https': 'https://xxxx',
'id_str': '#######',
'name': 'xxxx',
'utc_offset': None},
profile_background_image_url=None,
profile_sidebar_fill_color='DDEEF6',
default_profile_image=True,
profile_link_color='1DA1F2',
suspended=False,
url=None,
follow_request_sent=False,
favourites_count=0,
profile_image_url='http://xxxx',
following=False,
listed_count=0,
needs_phone_verification=False,
profile_sidebar_border_color='C0DEED',
is_translation_enabled=False,
followers_count=0,
verified=False,
id=#######,
profile_text_color='333333',
profile_location=None,
created_at=datetime.datetime(2012, 4, 3, 23, 34, 12),
notifications=False,
profile_use_background_image=True,
profile_background_image_url_https=None,
friends_count=0,
time_zone=None,
profile_image_url_https='https://xxxx',
id_str='#######',
name='xxxx',
utc_offset=None)