Convert Tweepy Status object into JSON
Question:
I’m using Tweepy to download tweets. I have a program that then writes the actual Status object to a file in text form. How do I translate this into JSON, or import this object back into Python? I’ve tried using the JSON library to encode, but Status is not JSON serializable.
Answers:
The Status object of tweepy itself is not JSON serializable, but it has a _json property which contains JSON serializable response data. For example:
>>> status_list = api.user_timeline(user_handler)
>>> status = status_list[0]
>>> json_str = json.dumps(status._json)
A better way to do this is to use a tweepy parser. It’s not documented very well – see the Tweepy API reference – but it’s a public API, so much safer than using the _json property.
import tweepy
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_TOKEN, ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)
api = tweepy.API(auth, parser=tweepy.parsers.JSONParser())
status = api.user_timeline(user=username, count=1)[0]
json.dumps(status)
status is now a json object.
users = api.search_users('TimHortons', 1)
print(json.dumps(users[0]._json))
Use json.dumps(users[0]._json) if object has _json. Users was only an example.
I’m using Tweepy to download tweets. I have a program that then writes the actual Status object to a file in text form. How do I translate this into JSON, or import this object back into Python? I’ve tried using the JSON library to encode, but Status is not JSON serializable.
The Status object of tweepy itself is not JSON serializable, but it has a _json property which contains JSON serializable response data. For example:
>>> status_list = api.user_timeline(user_handler)
>>> status = status_list[0]
>>> json_str = json.dumps(status._json)
A better way to do this is to use a tweepy parser. It’s not documented very well – see the Tweepy API reference – but it’s a public API, so much safer than using the _json property.
import tweepy
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_TOKEN, ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)
api = tweepy.API(auth, parser=tweepy.parsers.JSONParser())
status = api.user_timeline(user=username, count=1)[0]
json.dumps(status)
status is now a json object.
users = api.search_users('TimHortons', 1)
print(json.dumps(users[0]._json))
Use json.dumps(users[0]._json) if object has _json. Users was only an example.