Python script to harvest tweets with the Twitter API V2 Academic Research Product Track

Nov 12, 2021 1 min read

Tweet harvester

Python script to scrape, collect, and/or harvest tweets with the Twitter API V2 Academic Research Product Track.

Important note:

In order to be able to use this script you need a Twitter Developer’s account. You can apply for this here: https://developer.twitter.com/en/apply-for-access. After approval, you will receive a “bearer token”. You need to copy and paste this one in the script.

Also, all data will be stored in a local MySQL database. You need to set this up first. Alternatively, you can choose to save the data to a .csv file. However, a MySQL database is more stable.

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