Delete old tweets

delete_old_tweets.py

import tweepy
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

consumer_key = ''
consumer_secret = ''
access_token = ''
access_secret = ''

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

cutoff_date = datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(days=60)
delete_tweets = True
delete_favorites = True

if delete_tweets:
    # get all timeline tweets
    print("Retrieving timeline tweets")
    timeline = tweepy.Cursor(api.user_timeline).items()
    deletion_count = 0
    ignored_count = 0
 
    for tweet in timeline:
        # where tweets are not in save list and older than cutoff date
        if tweet.created_at < cutoff_date and 'on Keybase.io' not in tweet.text:
            print("Deleting %d: [%s] %s" % (tweet.id, tweet.created_at, tweet.text))                
            api.destroy_status(tweet.id)
             
            deletion_count += 1
        else:
            ignored_count += 1
 
    print("Deleted %d tweets, ignored %d" % (deletion_count, ignored_count))
else:
    print("Not deleting tweets")

if delete_favorites:
    # get all timeline likes
    print("Retrieving timeline likes")
    timeline = tweepy.Cursor(api.favorites).items()
    deletion_count = 0
    ignored_count = 0
 
    for like in timeline:
        if like.created_at < cutoff_date:
            print("Deleting %d: [%s] %s" % (like.id, like.created_at, like.text))                
            api.destroy_favorite(like.id)
             
            deletion_count += 1
        else:
            ignored_count += 1
 
    print("Deleted %d likes, ignored %d" % (deletion_count, ignored_count))
else:
    print("Not deleting likes")