03tt.py

def get_save_tweets(filepath, api, query, max_tweets=1000000, lang='pt'):

    tweetCount = 0

    #Open file and save tweets
    with open(filepath, 'w') as f:

        # Send the query
        for tweet in tweepy.Cursor(api.search,q=query,lang=lang).items(max_tweets):         

            #Convert to JSON format
            f.write(jsonpickle.encode(tweet._json, unpicklable=False) + '\n')
            tweetCount += 1

        #Display how many tweets we have collected
        print("Downloaded {0} tweets".format(tweetCount))