In this article we will see how we can get the source of a status/tweet. The source of the tweet tells us how the tweet was posted. Some examples of sources are :
- Twitter for Android
- Twitter for iPhone
- Twitter Web App
The source attribute of the Status object provides us with the source of the status.
Identifying the source of the status in the GUI :
In the above mentioned status, the source of the status is : Twitter for Android
In order to get the source of the status, we have to do the following :
- Identify the status ID of the status from the GUI.
- Get the Status object of the status using the
get_status()
method with the status ID.- From this object, fetch the source attribute present in it.
Example 1 : Consider the following status :
We will use the status ID to fetch the status. The status ID of the above mentioned status is 1272771459249844224.
# 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 status id = 1272771459249844224 # fetching the status status = api.get_status( id ) # fetching the source attribute source = status.source print ( "The source of the status is : " + source) |
Output :
The source of the status is : Twitter for Android
Example 2 : Consider the following status :
We will use the status ID to fetch the status. The status ID of the above mentioned status is 1273112322773581824.
# the ID of the status id = 1273112322773581824 # fetching the status status = api.get_status( id # fetching the source attribute source = status.source print ( "The source of the status is : " + source) |
Output :
The source of the status is : Twitter Web App
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