selenium-twitter-scraper/README.md

selenium-twitter-scraper

Setup

1. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Rename .env.example to .env.
3. Open .env and update environment variables

TWITTER_USERNAME=# Your Twitter Handle (e.g. @username)
TWITTER_PASSWORD=# Your Twitter Password

Usage

• Show Help

python scraper --help

• Basic usage

python scraper

• Setting maximum number of tweets. defaults to 50.

python scraper --tweets=500   # Scrape 500 Tweets

• Options and Arguments

usage: python scraper [option] ... [arg] ...

options:                description
-t, --tweets            : Number of tweets to scrape (default: 50).
                          e.g.
                            -t 500
                            --tweets=500

-u, --username          : Twitter username.
                          Scrape tweets from a user's profile.
                          e.g.
                            -u elonmusk
                            --username=@elonmusk

-ht, --hashtag          : Twitter hashtag.
                          Scrape tweets from a hashtag.
                          e.g.
                            -ht javascript
                            --hashtag=javascript

-q, --query             : Twitter query or search.
                          Scrape tweets from a query or search.
                          e.g.
                            -q "Philippine Marites"
                            --query="Jak Roberto anti selos"

--latest                : Twitter latest tweets (default: True).
                          Note: Only for hashtag-based
                          and query-based scraping.
                          usage:
                            python scraper -t 500 -ht=python --latest

--top                   : Twitter top tweets (default: False).
                          Note: Only for hashtag-based
                          and query-based scraping.
                          usage:
                            python scraper -t 500 -ht=python --top

Sample Scraping Commands

• Custom Limit Scraping

python scraper -t 500

• User Profile Scraping

python scraper -t 100 -u elonmusk

• Hashtag Scraping

  • Latest

    python scraper -t 100 -ht python --latest
    

  • Top

    python scraper -t 100 -ht python --top
    

• Query or Search Scraping (Also works with twitter advanced search.)

  • Latest

    python scraper -t 100 -q "Jak Roberto Anti Selos" --latest
    

  • Top

    python scraper -t 100 -q "International News" --top