Delete old tweets based on twitter archive

deloldtweets.py

#!/bin/python3
# Fork of https://gist.github.com/davej/113241
# Requirements:
# - twitter API credentials (replace the correponding variables)
# - tweet.js file you get by extracting your twitter archive zip file
#  License : Unlicense http://unlicense.org/

import tweepy
import pytz

import json
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from dateutil import parser

consumer_key = ''
consumer_secret = ''
access_token = ''
access_token_secret = ''
days_to_keep = 365

auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
api = tweepy.API(auth)

utc = pytz.UTC
cutoff_date = utc.localize(datetime.now() - timedelta(days=days_to_keep))

fp = open("tweet.js","r")
myjson = json.load(fp)

for i in range(len(myjson)):
    parsed_date = parser.parse(myjson[i]['tweet']['created_at'])
    print(parsed_date)
    if parsed_date < cutoff_date:
        # beware, this operation is irreversible
        try:
            api.destroy_status(myjson[i]['tweet']['id_str'])
        except:
            pass