nltk.twitter.util.Authenticate

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class Authenticate(object): (source)

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Methods for authenticating with Twitter.

Method __init__ Undocumented
Method load_creds Read OAuth credentials from a text file.
Instance Variable creds_file Undocumented
Instance Variable creds_fullpath Undocumented
Instance Variable creds_subdir Undocumented
Instance Variable oauth Undocumented
Instance Variable twitter_dir Undocumented
Method _validate_creds_file Check validity of a credentials file.
def __init__(self): (source)

Undocumented

def load_creds(self, creds_file=None, subdir=None, verbose=False): (source)

Read OAuth credentials from a text file.

::
app_key=YOUR_APP_KEY app_secret=YOUR_APP_SECRET oauth_token=OAUTH_TOKEN oauth_token_secret=OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET
::
app_key=YOUR_APP_KEY app_secret=YOUR_APP_SECRET access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN
Parameters
creds_fileUndocumented
subdirUndocumented
verboseUndocumented
str file_nameFile containing credentials. None (default) reads data from TWITTER/'credentials.txt'
creds_file = (source)

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creds_fullpath = (source)

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creds_subdir = (source)

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oauth: dict = (source)

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twitter_dir = (source)

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def _validate_creds_file(self, verbose=False): (source)

Check validity of a credentials file.