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Delete all Twitter direct messages
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#!/usr/bin/python2 | |
# Credit: https://gist.github.com/nileshgr/3388917 | |
# Go to dev.twitter.com/apps and create a new app; put the information here. | |
# You need the tweepy library. | |
consumer_secret = '' | |
consumer_key = '' | |
access_token_key = '' | |
access_token_secret = '' | |
import tweepy | |
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret) | |
auth.set_access_token(access_token_key, access_token_secret) | |
api = tweepy.API(auth) | |
def deleteDMs(): | |
while True: | |
dlist = api.direct_messages() | |
if len(dlist) >= 1: | |
for d in dlist: | |
print "Destroying " + d.text + "\n" | |
d.destroy() | |
else: | |
break | |
while True: | |
dlist = api.sent_direct_messages() | |
if(dlist) >= 1: | |
for d in dlist: | |
print "Destroying " + d.text + "\n" | |
d.destroy() | |
else: | |
break | |
deleteDMs() |
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