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twitterUsernameviaUserID is an advanced Twitter scraping tool written in Python and Selenium that allows for scraping tweet usernames from the twitter id's, without using Twitter's API.

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twitterUsernameviaUserID is an advanced Twitter scraping tool written in Python and Selenium that allows for scraping tweet usernames from the twitter id's, without using Twitter's API.

tl;dr Benefits

Some of the benefits of using twitterUsernameviaUserID vs Twitter API:

  • Can fetch all tweet usernames from their id's (Twitter API limits to last 3200 Tweets only);
  • Fast initial setup;
  • Can be used anonymously and without Twitter sign up;
  • No rate limitations.

Requirements

  • Python >= 3.6
  • Selenium
  • WebDriver Manager

Installing

Pip:

- pip3 install twitterUsernameviaUserID
- Voila!

Example:

    from twitterUsernameviaUserID import getHandles as gH
    # A dictionary with mapped user ids to their usernames
    temp= gH.getHandles([<list of user ids (in string)>], <delay in seconds>)

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twitterUsernameviaUserID is an advanced Twitter scraping tool written in Python and Selenium that allows for scraping tweet usernames from the twitter id's, without using Twitter's API.

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