Python twitter API error for Twitter class

Question

I am trying to use the python twitter API but it can't find the Twitter class. https://pypi.python.org/pypi/twitter

For instance I do the following without any errors:

 from twitter import *

But when I do:

 >>> t = Twitter(auth)
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
 NameError: name 'Twitter' is not defined

What am I missing? Is there a different python twitter library I need to install?

Did you create a file called twitter.py in the same location you are trying to perform that import? — idjaw, Jun 11 '17 at 16:23
Is your `from twitter import *` being performed in the same REPL session as your `t = Twitter(auth)` command? — idjaw, Jun 11 '17 at 16:26
Yes, I just typed those lines one after another. auth is set to OAuth1(..) in a separate line. — user2399453, Jun 11 '17 at 16:28
Did you install it in a virtualenv and you happen to *not* be in that virtualenv when trying to do this? — idjaw, Jun 11 '17 at 16:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 11 '17 at 18:19

Try using the tweepy library, easy to use. Take a look at http://www.tweepy.org/

Here is a code example:

import tweepy

auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler('','')

auth.set_access_token('', '')

api = tweepy.API(auth)

public_tweets = api.followers_ids()
for tweet in public_tweets:
    print len(public_tweets)

Python twitter API error for Twitter class

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