Python Twitter Query-and-Grab

gistfile1.txt

""" Logs Tweets based on filtered live stream """

from gamechanger.core.universe import Universe
from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
from tweetstream import FilterStream

def main():

    universe = Universe.get_universe()
    conn = universe.get_slave_connection(Universe.MONGO_CORE)
    data = conn.data

    config = ConfigParser()
    config.read('twitter.conf')

    keywords = ['one month free GCsports']

    stream = FilterStream(config.get('Auth', 'username'),
                          config.get('Auth', 'password'),
                          track=keywords)

    for tweet in stream:
        data.tweetstream.insert(tweet)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()