tweet_dumper.py

# Port of https://gist.github.com/yanofsky/5436496
# He used tweepy, I used python-twitter

#!/usr/bin/env python
# encoding: utf-8

import csv

import twitter
api = twitter.Api(consumer_key='',
                      consumer_secret='',
                      access_token_key='',
                      access_token_secret='')

def get_all_tweets(screen_name):
	alltweets = []
	new_tweets = api.GetUserTimeline(screen_name=screen_name, count=200)
	alltweets.extend(new_tweets)
	oldest = alltweets[-1].id - 1
	while len(new_tweets) > 0:
		new_tweets = api.GetUserTimeline(screen_name=screen_name,count=200,max_id=oldest)
		alltweets.extend(new_tweets)
		oldest = alltweets[-1].id - 1
	outtweets = [[tweet.id_str, tweet.created_at, tweet.text.encode("utf-8")] for tweet in alltweets]

	with open('%s_tweets.csv' % screen_name, 'wb') as f:
		writer = csv.writer(f)
		writer.writerow(["id","created_at","text"])
		writer.writerows(outtweets)

	pass


if __name__ == '__main__':
	get_all_tweets("J_tsar")

can i use this for get the timeline of more than 1 acount at a time???