Random Twitter Handles Generator

Random handles are generated based on:

• country name
• specified number of random coordinate points in that country
• radius of the given latitude/longitude(coordinate point) in km (tweets will be within that radius)
• specified number of tweets to get per a coordinate point
• language of the tweets

Setup

• First, you need to have a twitter developer account. Create one if you do not already, then create an app to get your credentials:( check the links at the end for further help)

  • ACCESS_TOKEN = ""
  • ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = ""
  • CONSUMER_KEY = ""
  • CONSUMER_SECRET = ""

• Then you need to install a couple of packages:

$ pip install tweepy
$ pip install PyCristoforo

Usage

• Fill in your credentials in the randHandles.py file in the specified place inside authorization method.
• Run example.py after setting up your environment*. You should get a file called turkeyHandles.txt that contains the randomly generated twitter handles.

countries = ['Turkey']   
langs = ['tr']
fileNames = ['turkeyHandles.txt'] 
for i in range(len(countries)):         
    randHandles = RandHandles(countries[i], 10, 100, 5, langs[i], fileNames[i])
    randHandles.getHandles()

Useful Links

• PyCristoforo
• Tweepy
• Apply for a twitter developer account
• Create an app to get credentials