automate.py

import twint
import schedule
import time


# you can change the name of each "job" after "def" if you'd like.
def jobone():
    print("Fetching Tweets")
    c = twint.Config()
    # choose username (optional)
    c.Username = "insert username here"
    # choose search term (optional)
    c.Search = "insert search term here"
    # choose beginning time (narrow results)
    c.Since = "2018-01-01"
    # set limit on total tweets
    c.Limit = 1000
    # no idea, but makes the csv format properly
    c.Store_csv = True
    # format of the csv
    c.Custom = [
        "date",
        "time",
        "username",
        "tweet",
        "link",
        "likes",
        "retweets",
        "replies",
        "mentions",
        "hashtags",
    ]
    # change the name of the csv file
    c.Output = "filename.csv"
    twint.run.Search(c)


def jobtwo():
    print("Fetching Tweets")
    c = twint.Config()
    # choose username (optional)
    c.Username = "insert username here"
    # choose search term (optional)
    c.Search = "insert search term here"
    # choose beginning time (narrow results)
    c.Since = "2018-01-01"
    # set limit on total tweets
    c.Limit = 1000
    # no idea, but makes the csv format properly
    c.Store_csv = True
    # format of the csv
    c.Custom = [
        "date",
        "time",
        "username",
        "tweet",
        "link",
        "likes",
        "retweets",
        "replies",
        "mentions",
        "hashtags",
    ]
    # change the name of the csv file
    c.Output = "filename2.csv"
    twint.run.Search(c)


# run once when you start the program

jobone()
jobtwo()

# run every minute(s), hour, day at, day of the week, day of the week and time. Use "#" to block out which ones you don't want to use.  Remove it to active. Also, replace "jobone" and "jobtwo" with your new function names (if applicable)

# schedule.every(1).minutes.do(jobone)
schedule.every().hour.do(jobone)
# schedule.every().day.at("10:30").do(jobone)
# schedule.every().monday.do(jobone)
# schedule.every().wednesday.at("13:15").do(jobone)

# schedule.every(1).minutes.do(jobtwo)
schedule.every().hour.do(jobtwo)
# schedule.every().day.at("10:30").do(jobtwo)
# schedule.every().monday.do(jobtwo)
# schedule.every().wednesday.at("13:15").do(jobtwo)

while True:
    schedule.run_pending()
    time.sleep(1)