This Repository contatin a Python script that analyzes trending topics on Twitter related to a specific hashtag or keyword. It utilizes the Tweepy library to interact with the Twitter API and extracts relevant hashtags, keywords, and entities from tweets.
Bash
pip install --upgrade tweepy
Use code with caution.
Replace the placeholder values for api_key, api_key_secret, access_token, and access_token_secret with your actual Twitter API credentials obtained from https://developer.x.com/en.
Modify the query variable to specify the hashtag or keyword you want to analyze.
Run the script:
python twitter_trending_analysis.py
Authentication: Uses tweepy.OAuth1UserHandler to securely authenticate with the Twitter API.
Error Handling: Incorporates try-except blocks to gracefully handle potential Tweepy exceptions like rate limits or search errors.
Tweet Search: Leverages tweepy.Client.search_recent_tweets to fetch recent tweets containing the specified query.
Tweet Filtering: Returns an empty list if no tweets are found to avoid potential errors in subsequent processing.
Content Extraction: Uses regular expressions to identify relevant hashtags, keywords, and entities within tweets, potentially including the provided name_regex patterns. Customize this regex for your specific needs.
Frequency Analysis: Counts the occurrences of each extracted term using collections.Counter.
Output: Prints the top 10 most frequently mentioned terms.
#RejectFinanceBill2024: 500
#GenZ: 321
#RutoMustGo: 287
#Asalimiwe: 198
Resign: 172
... (other top 10 terms)
tweepy (version upgrade recommended)
Twitter's API and terms of service are subject to change. Maintain your code accordingly. Be mindful of Twitter's API rate limits to avoid exceeding them. Consider implementing more advanced filtering or entity recognition techniques based on your analysis goals.
[Include your preferred license here, e.g., MIT, Apache]
Consider unit testing your code to ensure its robustness. Explore more sophisticated techniques for sentiment analysis or topic modeling if needed. This script provides a starting point for Twitter data analysis. Tailor it to your specific research or application.