nltk.twitter.util

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Authentication utilities to accompany :module:`twitterclient`.

Class Authenticate Methods for authenticating with Twitter.
Function add_access_token For OAuth 2, retrieve an access token for an app and append it to a credentials file.
Function credsfromfile Convenience function for authentication
Function guess_path If the path is not absolute, guess that it is a subdirectory of the user's home directory.
def add_access_token(creds_file=None): (source)

For OAuth 2, retrieve an access token for an app and append it to a credentials file.

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

Convenience function for authentication

def guess_path(pth): (source)

If the path is not absolute, guess that it is a subdirectory of the user's home directory.

Parameters
pthUndocumented
str pthThe pathname of the directory where files of tweets should be written