Python Tweepy Code Issue

[stewartbritton]

Im endeavouring to capture some twitter data for a college assignment, specifically tweets with #construction, using Tweepy in Python / Terminal on Mac. Im looking to pull tweets posted in the last 7 days. The code I've been trying to use is as per below but its returning the following error:

Error lifted from Terminal command line:

SyntaxError: unterminated string literal (detected at line 1)


Code i'm trying to use:

import tweepy
import datetime

access_token="access token here"
access_token_secret="access token secret here"
consumer_key="consumer key here"
consumer_secret="consumer secret here"
auth= tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key,consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token,access_token_secret)

api = tweepy.API(auth,wait_on_rate_limit=True)

today = datetime.date.today()
yesterday= today - datetime.timedelta(days=7)
today, yesterday

tweets_list = tweepy.Cursor(tweepy.api.search, q="#23construction:" + str(yesterday)+ "
until:" + str(today),tweet_mode='extended', lang='it').items()

Any ideas why this isn't performing as desired? Thanks in advance.

 

[Deleted member 2829]

I'm not a Python expert and have no idea what this is trying to do, but it looks like you are breaking the last statement in the middle of a string - not a good idea in any language. Not sure why the error mentions line 1 ... but I don't see an unterminated string literal elsewhere.

 

[skifli]

Does this work?

mport tweepy
import datetime

access_token="access token here"
access_token_secret="access token secret here"
consumer_key="consumer key here"
consumer_secret="consumer secret here"
auth= tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key,consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token,access_token_secret)

api = tweepy.API(auth,wait_on_rate_limit=True)

today = datetime.date.today()
yesterday= today - datetime.timedelta(days=7)
today, yesterday

tweets_list = tweepy.Cursor(tweepy.api.search, q="#23construction:" + str(yesterday)+ "until:" + str(today),tweet_mode='extended', lang='it').items()

 

[stewartbritton]

Does this work?

mport tweepy
import datetime

access_token="access token here"
access_token_secret="access token secret here"
consumer_key="consumer key here"
consumer_secret="consumer secret here"
auth= tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key,consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token,access_token_secret)

api = tweepy.API(auth,wait_on_rate_limit=True)

today = datetime.date.today()
yesterday= today - datetime.timedelta(days=7)
today, yesterday

tweets_list = tweepy.Cursor(tweepy.api.search, q="#23construction:" + str(yesterday)+ "until:" + str(today),tweet_mode='extended', lang='it').items()

So its not throwing up the same error which is great. Once executed on the command line it's presenting me with three dots, almost like its expecting more code to follow. Any thoughts?

 

[skifli]

So its not throwing up the same error which is great. Once executed on the command line it's presenting me with three dots, almost like its expecting more code to follow. Any thoughts?

I'm not sure, and I don't think anyone here specialises in the Tweepy Python module. Try posting this question on Stack Overflow, where there may be people more suited to help you.

 

[Deleted member 2829]

I'm surprised this is not throwing a new error now due to the missing i at the beginning 😉
But if you're surprised at the three dots : what did you expect to happen ? You are not outputting anything, and not giving the interpreter any indication that it has reached the end of code. I think you need to terminate the code block with a stop or end or exit or whatever, otherwise it just sits there waiting for the next line. I could be all wrong but it does seem likely.

 

[skifli]

I'm surprised this is not throwing a new error now due to the missing i at the beginning 😉
But if you're surprised at the three dots : what did you expect to happen ? You are not outputting anything, and not giving the interpreter any indication that it has reached the end of code. I think you need to terminate the code block with a stop or end or exit or whatever, otherwise it just sits there waiting for the next line. I could be all wrong but it does seem likely.

I think they just forgot to put the 'i' in the code tag.

 

[Deleted member 2829]

I think they just forgot to put the 'i' in the code tag.

Yes of course. I was just being facetious 😁