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How to use gnip-python to retrieve activity from Twitter, Delicious, Digg, etc.

Date: 2008-08-01  |   Modified: 2008-08-20  |   Tags: gnip, python

  • Create an account at http://www.gnipcentral.com/
  • Download gnip-python from github.com.
  • Unpack it: 
    $ tar -zxvf gnip-gnip-python-028364a70bd40dda0069ecdd3e7f6fff23bb985e.tar.gz
  • Move it to your example directory: 
    $ mkdir ~/src/python/gnip-example
$ mv gnip-gnip-python-028364a70bd40dda0069ecdd3e7f6fff23bb985e/*.py ~/src/python/gnip-example
  • Create an example file called ~/src/python/gnip-example/gnip-example.py: 
    #!/usr/bin/env python

from gnip import *

gnip = Gnip("yourgniplogin@email.com", "yourpassword")

for publisher in ["twitter", "digg", "delicious"]:
    activities = gnip.get_publisher_activities(publisher)
    print
    print publisher
    for activity in activities[:5]:
        print activity
  • Run it: 
    $ python gnip-example.py

    And get the following results: 
    twitter
[derricklo, 2008-08-01T22:49:59+00:00, tweet, http://twitter.com ...
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