[PYTHON] Install tweepy with pip and use it for API 1.1

The environment is Windows 64bit Python 2.7.3 (I don't think it matters)

1. Install pip

Run at command prompt (or terminal) > easy_install pip

2. Install tweepy

Run at command prompt > pip install tweepy Once installed, use the Python interpreter (interactive) > import tweepy Let's check.

3. Use tweepy

The version of tweepy that can be installed with pip is still API 1.0. There is a 1.1 compatible version of Github for a long time, but pip is easy to install, so if you can do it with pip, you want to do it with pip! (Git weak) When writing the script, it is assumed that twitter CK / CS and access token data have already been acquired. Creating an instance for operating the API with tweepy is as follows

`python`


import tweepy

auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
api = tweepy.API(auth_handler=auth, api_root='/1.1', secure=True)

By putting'/1.1' in the constructor of tweepy.API class with api_root attribute, you can basically support API1.1.

`python`


api.update_status(raw_input())

You can post like this.

Cases where this alone does not work

There are some APIs whose endpoint structure has changed when changing from API 1.0 to 1.1. This time, take the destroy_status function that deletes tweets as an example. In the tweepy.API class, the destroy_status function is declared as follows:

`python`


from tweepy.binder import bind_api

destroy_status = bind_api(
        		path = '/statuses/destroy.json',
        		method = 'DELETE',
        		payload_type = 'status',
        		allowed_param = ['id'],
        		require_auth = True
				)

bind_api is a class that wraps the functions that tweepy uses to hit the API (maybe) In API1.1, the statuses / destroy endpoint has changed to /statuses/destroy/{id}.json. This time I tried as follows

`python`


import tweepy
from tweepy.binder import bind_api

auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
api = tweepy.API(auth_handler=auth, api_root='/1.1', secure=True)

destroy_status_1_1 = bind_api(
        		path = '/statuses/destroy/{id}.json',
        		method = 'POST',
        		payload_type = 'status',
        		allowed_param = ['id'],
        		require_auth = True
				)
destroy_status_1_1(api, raw_input()) #API instance and status_pass id

You have now written a script that supports API 1.1.