Tweepy (Twitter + Python) boilerplate

tweepy_boilerplate.py

import tweepy
from tweepy.streaming import StreamListener
from tweepy import Stream

# Twitter API Credentials
consumer_key = "xxxx"
consumer_secret = "xxxx"
access_token = "xxxx"
access_secret = "xxxx"

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


def reply_to_status(status, response, image=None):
    if image:
        twitter.update_with_media(image, '@{} {}'.format(str(status.user.screen_name), response),
                                  in_reply_to_status_id=status.id)
    else:
        twitter.update_status('@{} {}'.format(str(status.user.screen_name), response), in_reply_to_status_id=status.id)

class StdOutListener(StreamListener):

    def on_status(self, status):
        # do something with a new status

    def on_error(self, status_code):
        print("Error, code {}".format(status_code))


listener = StdOutListener()
stream = Stream(auth, listener)
# Tweepy Documentation: http://docs.tweepy.org/en/latest/