.gitignore

credentials.py
__pycache__/
archived_tweets*.json

tweet_deleting_script.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

""" Deletes all tweets below a certain retweet threshold.
"""

import tweepy
import json
import credentials as cred
from datetime import datetime

# Connect To Your Twitter Account via Twitter API
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(cred.CONSUMER_KEY, cred.CONSUMER_SECRET)
auth.set_access_token(cred.ACCESS_TOKEN, cred.ACCESS_SECRET)

api = tweepy.API(auth,
                 wait_on_rate_limit=True,
                 wait_on_rate_limit_notify=True,
                 retry_count=3,
                 retry_delay=5,
                 retry_errors=set([401, 404, 500, 503]))

# For the account name
def wipe(account_name=cred.USER_NAME, favorite_threshold=100, days=62):
    # Get the current datetime
    current_date = datetime.utcnow()

    # Create an empty list of tweets to save
    archived_tweets = []
    total_tweets = 0

    # For each tweet
    for status in tweepy.Cursor(api.user_timeline, screen_name='@'+account_name).items():
        # Increment counter
        total_tweets += 1
        
        # Get the tweet id
        status_id = status._json['id']

        print(datetime.now().strftime("%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S"), 'Examining', status_id)

        # Get the number of favorites and retweets
        status_favorites = status._json['favorite_count']
        is_retweet = status._json['retweeted']

        # Get the datetime of the tweet
        status_date = datetime.strptime(status._json['created_at'], '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S +0000 %Y')

        # Get whether you have favorited the tweet yourself
        status_favorited = status._json['favorited']
                
        # If the difference between the current datetime and the tweet's
        # is more than a day threshold
        if (datetime.utcnow() - status_date).days > days:
            # Archive the tweet if
            # - it's a retweet, or
            # - the number of favourites is lower than the favourite threshold
            if is_retweet or (status_favorites < favorite_threshold):
                # If you haven't favorited the tweet yourself
                if status_favorited == False:
                    print(datetime.now().strftime("%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S"), 'Unloved message', status_id)
                    # Save the tweet
                    archived_tweets = archived_tweets + [status]
                    
    # Save the archived tweets
    print('Archiving %d out of %d tweets' % (len(archived_tweets), total_tweets))
    with open('archived_tweets.json', 'w') as f:
        json.dump([status._json for status in archived_tweets], f, ensure_ascii=False, indent=4)
        
    # Delete them from Twitter
    confirm = input("Confirm deletion? Y/N ")
    if (confirm.upper() == 'Y'):
        for status in archived_tweets:
            print('Deleting message %s' % status._json['id'])
            try:
                api.destroy_status(status._json['id'])
            except Exception as e:
                print(str(e))
    

            
# Run main function
if __name__ == '__main__':
    wipe(account_name='jameskeirstead', favorite_threshold=1, days=90)