hashtagcounter.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

from tweepy.streaming import StreamListener
from tweepy import OAuthHandler
from tweepy import Stream
import tweepy

import sys

class StdOutListener(StreamListener):

    def on_data(self,data):
        print(data)
        return True

    def on_error(self, status):
        print(status)


def main():
    access_token = "something"
    access_token_scret = "something"
    consumer_key = "something"
    consumer_secret = "something"
    hashtag = sys.argv[1::] # or any hard-coded string
    if len(hashtag) > 0:
        listener = StdOutListener()
        auth = OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
        auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_scret)

        """
        stream = Stream(auth, listener)
        stream.filter(track=['python'])
        """

        api = tweepy.API(auth)
        """
        public_tweets = api.home_timeline()
        for tweet in public_tweets:
            if "python" in tweet.text:
                print(tweet.text)
        """

        query = "#" + hashtag[0]
        print(query)
        cursor = tweepy.Cursor(api.search, q=query)
        count = 0
        for item in cursor.items():
            count += 1
        print("Tweet count : {} ".format(count))

if __name__=="__main__":
    main()