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Twitter feed on Python using YQL and BeautifulSoup

Twitter feed on Python using YQL and BeautifulSoup

Uses YQL’s Rest query (select * from twitter.user.timeline where id=’vetri02′)

import urllib2

from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulStoneSoup

var = raw_input("Enter your Twitter id: ")

print "Tweets of", var

er = "http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select%20*%20from%20twitter.user.timeline%20where%20id%3D'"

fg = "'&diagnostics=true&env=store%3A%2F%2Fdatatables.org%2Falltableswithkeys"

zx = er+var+fg

page = urllib2.urlopen(zx)

soup = BeautifulStoneSoup(page)

tweet = soup.findAll('text')

for twt in tweet:

    print twt.string

On Github

https://github.com/vetri02/Twitter-feed-on-Python-using-YQL-and-BeautifulSoup

Author

Vetrichelvan Jeyapalpandy

12 years of experience in web development. Javascript enthusiast. Performance is an important trait of any website, so trying to improve that wherever possible.

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