TwitterBackup

A tool to back up other users' Twitter accounts using the Twitter API. (Currently limited to the last 3200 tweets).

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Usage

1. Install python >= 3.7 (Tested on python 3.11)
2. pip install twb
3. Register for a Twitter API token
4. Put your tokens in $HOME/.config/twb/config.toml or ./config.toml.
   You can reference the example config below
5. Run command twb <username>, and it will download to ./backups

Example Config

# The consumer key from the Twitter application portal (https://developer.twitter.com/en/portal/dashboard)
consumer_key = '#########################'
# The consumer secret from the Twitter application portal
consumer_secret = '##################################################'
# The access token of an app from the Twitter application portal
access_token = '##################################################'
# The access secret of an app from the Twitter application portal
access_secret = '#############################################'