TwitterAPI.TwitterOAuth

class TwitterAPI.TwitterOAuth.TwitterOAuth(consumer_key, consumer_secret, access_token_key, access_token_secret)[source]

Optional class for retrieving Twitter credentials stored in a text file.

Parameters
  • consumer_key – Twitter application consumer key

  • consumer_secret – Twitter application consumer secret

  • access_token_key – Twitter application access token key

  • access_token_secret – Twitter application access token secret

classmethod read_file(file_name=None)[source]

Read OAuth credentials from a text file. File format:

consumer_key=YOUR_CONSUMER_KEY

consumer_secret=YOUR_CONSUMER_SECRET

access_token_key=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN

access_token_secret=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET

Parameters

file_name – File containing credentials or None (default) reads credentials from TwitterAPI/credentials.txt

classmethod usage(file_name)[source]