Twista

Twista is a Twitter streaming and analysis command line tool suite implemented in Python 3. It provides the following core features:

• to record Tweets (statuses, replies, retweets, replies) from the public Twitter streaming API in a standardized way,
• to import collected chunks of Tweets into a Neo4j graph database for analysis.
• The graph database can be used for analysis. We recommand to make use of tools like Jupyter. Twista provides integrated support for Jupyter. Try the twista lab command to start Jupyter with the current config file.

Installation

Twista is hosted on PyPi. Therefore, it can be easily installed:

pip3 install twista

Type

$ twista

to get an overview of existing Twista commands.

Usage: twista [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  import     Imports Twitter records into a Neo4j graph database
  init       Initializes a directory to be used with Twista
  lab        Starts Jupyter lab for analysis
  record     Records a Twitter stream
  stop       Stops the Neo4j database
  version    Reports the version of Twista

We recommend to study the Wiki on how to record and analyze public Twitter streams using Twista and graph databases.

Twista passed its acid-tests

Twista (0.3.0) is been used to record a sample of the complete German Twitter stream since April 2019. This dataset is open access, updated monthly, and available here:

Twista (0.2.0) has been evaluated recording tweets during the German Federal Election Campaigns of 2017. Over four months Twista recorded 10 GB of data without any operator interaction! This dataset is open access and available here: