Python Tweepy - Getting the screen name of a user

Python Tweepy - Getting the screen name of a user

To get the screen name (also known as username or handle) of a user using Tweepy, follow these steps:

1. Install Tweepy:

If you haven't already, you'll first need to install the tweepy library:

pip install tweepy

2. Set Up Tweepy:

You'll need to authenticate with the Twitter API using your API keys:

import tweepy # Set up your API keys CONSUMER_KEY = 'YOUR_CONSUMER_KEY' CONSUMER_SECRET = 'YOUR_CONSUMER_SECRET' ACCESS_TOKEN = 'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN' ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = 'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET' # Authenticate with Twitter auth = tweepy.OAuth1UserHandler( consumer_key=CONSUMER_KEY, consumer_secret=CONSUMER_SECRET, access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN, access_token_secret=ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET ) api = tweepy.API(auth)

Replace the placeholders ('YOUR_CONSUMER_KEY', etc.) with your actual API keys.

3. Get the Screen Name:

You can get the screen name of a user using the user's ID or by searching for the user by their name.

Using User ID:

user_id = 123456789 # Replace with the user's ID user = api.get_user(user_id) print(user.screen_name)

Using User Name:

user_name = "RealName" # Replace with the user's real name users = api.search_users(user_name, count=1) # This searches for users by name and returns the top result if users: print(users[0].screen_name)

Remember that the Twitter API has rate limits, so be cautious about making too many requests in a short period. If you hit the rate limits, you'll need to wait before making additional requests.

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