Commit 989e8321 authored by andytnt's avatar andytnt

Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master'

parents 3493342a aecd4321
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Twint utilizes Twitter's search operators to let you scrape Tweets from specific users, scrape Tweets relating to certain topics, hashtags & trends, or sort out *sensitive* information from Tweets like e-mail and phone numbers. I find this very useful, and you can get really creative with it too.
Twint also makes special queries to Twitter allowing you to also scrape a Twitter user's followers, Tweets a user has liked, and who they follow **without** any authentication, API, Selenium, or browser emulation.
Twint also makes special queries to Twitter allowing you to also scrape a Twitter user's followers, Tweets a user has liked, and who they follow **without** any authentication, API, Selenium, or browser emulation.
## tl;dr Benefits
Some of the benefits of using Twint vs Twitter API:
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More detail about the commands and options are located in the [wiki](https://github.com/twintproject/twint/wiki/Commands)
## Using Twint as a Module (Recommended)
To install Twint as module run `pip3 install --upgrade -e git+https://github.com/twintproject/twint.git@origin/master#egg=twint`
Twint can now be used as a module and supports custom formatting. **More details are located in the [wiki](https://github.com/twintproject/twint/wiki/Module)**
#### Example
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### Elasticsearch Setup
Details on setting up Elasticsearch with Twint is located in the [wiki](https://github.com/twintproject/twint/wiki/Elasticsearch).
Details on setting up Elasticsearch with Twint is located in the [wiki](https://github.com/twintproject/twint/wiki/Elasticsearch).
### Graph Visualization
![graph](https://i.imgur.com/EEJqB8n.png)
[Graph](https://github.com/twintproject/twint/tree/master/graph) details are also located in the [wiki](https://github.com/twintproject/twint/wiki/Graph).
[Graph](https://github.com/twintproject/twint/tree/master/graph) details are also located in the [wiki](https://github.com/twintproject/twint/wiki/Graph).
We are developing a Twint Desktop App.
![4](https://i.imgur.com/DzcfIgL.png)
We are testing a (free) graph plugin for Kibana, details located in the Wiki!
## FAQ
> While scraping tweets and saving them to a database, the process is a bit slow
That's because also the informations about the user (bio, likes, etc.) are stored in the database. To avoid this process pass `--user-info` to CLI, or specify `c.User_info = False` if you are using Twint as module.
## Contact
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