Commit b3dac333 authored by Francesco Poldi's avatar Francesco Poldi

Readme update

parent 7761cbef
...@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Some of the benefits of using Twint vs Twitter API: ...@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Some of the benefits of using Twint vs Twitter API:
- **Git**: `git clone https://github.com/twintproject/twint.git` - **Git**: `git clone https://github.com/twintproject/twint.git`
- **Pip**: `pip3 install --upgrade -e git+https://github.com/twintproject/twint.git@origin/master#egg=twint` - **Pip**: `pip3 install --upgrade -e git+https://github.com/twintproject/twint.git@origin/master#egg=twint`
## CLI Basic Examples and Combos. ## CLI Basic Examples and Combos
A few simple examples to help you understand the basics: A few simple examples to help you understand the basics:
- `python3 Twint.py -u username` - Scrape all the Tweets from *user*'s timeline. - `python3 Twint.py -u username` - Scrape all the Tweets from *user*'s timeline.
...@@ -95,9 +95,12 @@ We are developing a Twint Desktop App. ...@@ -95,9 +95,12 @@ We are developing a Twint Desktop App.
## FAQ ## FAQ
> While scraping tweets and saving them to a database, I want also save users infos > While scraping tweets and saving them to a database, I want also save users infos
Pass `--user-info` to CLI, or specify `c.User_info = True` if you are using Twint as module. Pass `--user-info` to CLI, or specify `c.User_info = True` if you are using Twint as module.
> I tried scraping tweets from a user, I know > I tried scraping tweets from a user, I know that they exist but I'm not getting them
Twitter can shadow-ban accounts, which means that their tweets will not be available via search. To solve this, pass `--profile-full` if you are using Twint via CLI or, if are using Twint as module, add `config.Profile_full = True`. Please note that this process will be quite slow.
## More Examples ## More Examples
#### Followers/Following #### Followers/Following
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