Exporter.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import sys,getopt,datetime,codecs,os
import got

def main(argv):

	if len(argv) == 0:
		print('You must pass some parameters. Use \"-h\" to help.')
		return

	if len(argv) == 1 and argv[0] == '-h':
		f = open('exporter_help_text.txt', 'r')
		print(f.read())
		f.close()

		return

	try:
		opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv, "", ("username=", "near=", "within=", "since=", "until=", "querysearch=", "toptweets", "maxtweets=", "output="))

		tweetCriteria = got.manager.TweetCriteria()
		outputFileName = "tweets.csv"
		path = os.path.join(os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~')), 'Desktop')

		for opt,arg in opts:
			if opt == '--username':
				tweetCriteria.username = arg

			elif opt == '--since':
				tweetCriteria.since = arg

			elif opt == '--until':
				tweetCriteria.until = arg

			elif opt == '--querysearch':
				tweetCriteria.querySearch = arg

			elif opt == '--toptweets':
				tweetCriteria.topTweets = True

			elif opt == '--maxtweets':
				tweetCriteria.maxTweets = int(arg)
			
			elif opt == '--near':
				tweetCriteria.near = '"' + arg + '"'
			
			elif opt == '--within':
				tweetCriteria.within = '"' + arg + '"'

			elif opt == '--within':
				tweetCriteria.within = '"' + arg + '"'

			elif opt == '--output':
				outputFileName = arg
				
		outputFile = codecs.open(os.path.join(path, outputFileName), "w+", "utf-8")

		outputFile.write('username∆date∆retweets∆favorites∆text∆geo∆mentions∆hashtags∆id∆permalink∆emoji')

		print('Searching...\n')

		def receiveBuffer(tweets):
			for t in tweets:
				outputFile.write(('\n%s∆%s∆%d∆%d∆"%s"∆%s∆%s∆%s∆"%s"∆%s∆%s' % (t.username, t.date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"), t.retweets, t.favorites, t.text, t.geo, t.mentions, t.hashtags, t.id, t.permalink, t.emoji)))
			outputFile.flush()
			print('More %d saved on file...\n' % len(tweets))

		got.manager.TweetManager.getTweets(tweetCriteria, receiveBuffer)

	except arg:
		print('Arguments parser error, try -h' + arg)
	finally:
		outputFile.close()
		print('Done. Output file generated "%s".' % outputFileName)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main(sys.argv[1:])