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twitter_kinesis_capture_snippet.py

    # create kinesis client connection
    kinesis_client = boto3.client('kinesis', 
                                  region_name='',  # enter the region
                                  aws_access_key_id='',  # fill your AWS access key id
                                  aws_secret_access_key='')  # fill you aws secret access key
    # create instance of the tweepy tweet stream listener
    listener = TweetStreamListener()
    # set twitter keys/tokens
    auth = OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
    auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
    # create instance of the tweepy stream
    stream = Stream(auth, listener)