Twitter example script

gistfile1.rb

# encoding: UTF-8

require 'twitter'

Twitter.configure do |config|
  config.consumer_key = '......'
  config.consumer_secret = '......'
  config.oauth_token = '......'
  config.oauth_token_secret =  '......'
end

institues.each do |institute|
   begin
    twitter = Twitter.user(institute[:twitter])
    
    # Save your data here
    
   rescue Twitter::NotFound => the_error
     next
   rescue Exception => e
     puts "continuing scraping at #{e.ratelimit_reset}"
     sleep e.retry_after
     retry
   end
 end