Extract Tweet ID components

snowflake.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# This small script shows how to deconstruct a Twitter tweet id into its
# various components. The tweet_components method accepts a tweet id and
# returns a dict object with key / values representing the various
# components of a tweet id. Each component has its own method detailing
# how values are extracted from the tweet id.

def melt_snowflake(snowflake_id):
    """return tuple of snowflake components given a tweet id"""
    timestamp_ms = ((snowflake_id >> 22) + 1288834974657)
    datacenter_id = (snowflake_id >> 17) & 0b11111
    worker_id = (snowflake_id >> 12) & 0b11111
    sequence_id = snowflake_id & 0b111111111111
    # this is a combination of worker_id id and datacenter id
    machine_id = (snowflake_id >> 12) & 0b1111111111
    return (timestamp_ms, datacenter_id, worker_id, sequence_id, machine_id)
  
def tweet_components(tweet_id):
    parts = melt_snowflake(tweet_id)
    c = {} # Components
    c['creation_time_milli'] = parts[0]
    c['datacenter_id'] = parts[1]
    c['server_id'] = parts[2]
    c['sequence_id'] = parts[3]
    # combine worker and datacenter
    c['machine_id'] = parts[4]
    return(c)

tweet_id = 1100125195476631553 # Must be an int and not str
data = tweet_components(tweet_id)

print(data)