Stream and filter Tweets using the Twitter Public Streaming API

twitter_public_streaming.py

#!/bin/sh
"exec" "twxec" "-e" "filter_stream()" "$0" "$@"

import oauth2 as oauth
from trickle import twitter as tw

{{docstring "Make sure you have registered an application with Twitter in order to obtain your credentials. Once you have them, start streaming tweets using one of the filtering parameteres below"}}

app_key = {{string Twitter_App_Key}}
app_secret = {{string Twitter_App_Secret}}
access_token = {{password Oauth_Access_Token}}
token_secret = {{password Oauth_Token_Secret}}
{{docstring "Use the dropdown menu below to select a filtering method"}}
filter_param = {{string Filter_Parameter ["track", "locations"]}}

{{docstring "Enter the parameters for your filter"}}
query = {{string Query}}

def filter_stream():
    token = oauth.Token(access_token, token_secret)
    consumer = oauth.Consumer(app_key, app_secret)
    _config = {filter_param: query}
    with tw.FilterStream(token, consumer, _config) as stream:
        for tweet in stream:
            yield tweet