[SOLVED] Twython - Saving Tweet IDs in a Text File

Twython - Saving Tweet IDs in a Text File

I am fairly new to Python, but have been enjoying it so far. I've been trying to write a code using Twython that saves the Tweet IDs of all the tweets that match my search query as variables in a file.

I find that I can print all of the IDs that pertain to my search query with the following code:

import sys
from twython import Twython

APP_KEY='XXXXXXXX'
APP_SECRET='XXXXXXXX'
OAUTH_TOKEN='XXXXXXXX'
OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET='XXXXXXXX'

twitter = Twython(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET, OAUTH_TOKEN, OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET)

I = 12345678910

result = twitter.search(q='WhateverImLooking4', since_id=str(I), count=100)


for item in result['statuses']:
       print(item['id_str'].encode('ascii', 'ignore'))

Now, when I change the last two lines to this instead:

for item in result['statuses']:    
    f = open('Results.txt','w')
    f.write(item['id_str'].encode('ascii', 'ignore'))
    f.close()

It will save only the smallest ID number to a text file. I'd like to be able to save all the results to a file AND ideally as variables ready to be used in another python code.

Hopefully this all makes sense!

Thanks!!

Solution

This is because you are opening the file and writing over the previous ID each time you execute your for loop.

Try opening the file before the for loop:

f = open('Results.txt','w')
for item in result['statuses']:    
    f.write(item['id_str'].encode('ascii', 'ignore') + "\n")

f.close()