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Python Tweepy – Getting the location of a user

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In this article we will see how we can get the location of a user. The location of the user account need not be the exact physical location of the user. As the user is free to change their location, the location of the account can even by a hypothetical place. The location attribute is optional and is Nullable.

Identifying the location in the GUI :

In the above mentioned profile, India is the location of the profile.

In order to get the location we have to do the following :

  1. Identify the user ID or the screen name of the profile.
  2. Get the User object of the profile using the get_user() method with the user ID or the screen name.
  3. From this object, fetch the location attribute present in it.

Example 1: Consider the following profile :

We will use the user ID to fetch the user. The user ID of the above mentioned profile is 57741058.

Python3




# import the module
import tweepy
  
# assign the values accordingly
consumer_key = ""
consumer_secret = ""
access_token = ""
access_token_secret = ""
  
# authorization of consumer key and consumer secret
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
  
# set access to user's access key and access secret 
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
  
# calling the api 
api = tweepy.API(auth)
  
# the ID of the user
id = 57741058
  
# fetching the user
user = api.get_user(id)
  
# fetching the location
location = user.location
  
print("The location of the user is : " + location)


Output :

The location of the user is : India

Example 2: Consider the following profile :

We will use the screen name to fetch the user. The screen name of the above mentioned profile is PracticeGfG. Here the location is not mentioned.

Python3




# the screen name of the user
screen_name = "PracticeGfG"
  
# fetching the user
user = api.get_user(screen_name)
  
# fetching the name
name = user.name
  
if location == "":
    print("The user has not mentioned their location.")
else:
    print("The location of the user is : " + location)


Output :

The user has not mentioned their location.


Last Updated : 06 Dec, 2021
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