PyTweetCli

Overview

PyTweetCli is a lightweight Python script for seamless Twitter tweet retrieval using Selenium via the command line. Easily fetch tweets by username or keyword with simplicity and efficiency.

Features

• Command-line interface for quick tweet retrieval
• Fetch tweets by username, keyword or link
• Lightweight and user-friendly

Requirements

To run pyTweetCli, you need to have the following dependencies installed:

• Python 3.11.6
• Selenium
• Pandas

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/imbngy/pyTweetCli.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

cd pyTweetCli

3. Install requirements:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run the script:

py main.py

The script will launch a headless Chrome browser, navigate to twitter.com, and scrape tweets by given input.

Usage

You can run the script with:

py main.py

or by adding a link argument:

py main.py -l https://twitter.com/tweet-link/example

Both cases it will ask you for a username, or email, and a password:

Enter your username/email:
Enter your password:

When you don't pass an argument, it will ask if you want to search by keyword or by user:

Select a search mode: 
1. Search by keyword
2. Search by user

Enter a number:

When searching by user, simply put whatever comes after the @, for example:

Enter the desired username: elonmusk

Output

PyTweetCli provides output in two ways:

• CSV File: The script generates a CSV file with the fetched tweet data.
• Command Line: The fetched tweets are also displayed in the command-line interface.

Enhance your tweet harvesting experience with PyTweetCli!

Contributing

Found a bug or have a suggestion? Open an issue or contribute to make PyTweetCli even better.