intentionally-left-nil · July 27, 2022 10:33 · Jul 29, 2019 · Jun 26, 2018
diff --git a/deloldtweets.py b/deloldtweets.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 import json
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+import os
+from os import path
 
 consumer_key = ''
 consumer_secret = ''
@@ -34,14 +36,22 @@
 
 print(cutoff_date)
 
-fp = open("tweet.js","r")
-myjson = json.load(fp)
+data_dir = path.join(os.getcwd(), 'data', 'js', 'tweets')
 
-for tweet in myjson:
-    d = datetime.strptime(tweet['created_at'], "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %z %Y")
+tweets = []
+
+for filename in os.listdir(data_dir):
+    with open(path.join(data_dir, filename), 'r', encoding='UTF-8') as fp:
+        js_file = fp.read()
+        contents = json.loads(js_file[js_file.find('\n') + 1:])
+        tweets.extend(contents)
+
+for tweet in tweets:
+    d = datetime.strptime(tweet['created_at'], "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z")
     if d < cutoff_date:
-        print(tweet['created_at'] + " " + tweet['id_str'])
         try:
             api.destroy_status(tweet['id_str'])
+            print(tweet['created_at'] + " " + tweet['id_str'])
         except:
-            pass
+            print("failed to delete " + tweet['id_str'])
+            pass
diff --git a/deloldtweets.py b/deloldtweets.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/bin/python3
+# Largely copied from http://www.mathewinkson.com/2015/03/delete-old-tweets-selectively-using-python-and-tweepy
+# However, Mathew's script cannot delete tweets older than something like a year (these tweets are not available from the twitter API)
+# This script is a complement on first use, to delete old tweets. It uses your twitter archive to find tweets' ids to delete
+# How to use it :
+#     - download and extract your twitter archive (tweet.js will contain all your tweets with dates and ids)
+#     - put this script in the extracted directory
+#     - complete the secrets to access twitter's API on your behalf and, possibly, modify days_to_keep
+#     - delete the few junk characters at the beginning of tweet.js, until the first '['   (it crashed my json parser)
+#     - review the script !!!! It has not been thoroughly tested, it may have some unexpected behaviors...
+#     - run this script
+#     - forget this script, you can now use Mathew's script for your future deletions
+#
+#  License : Unlicense http://unlicense.org/
+
+import tweepy
+
+import json
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+
+consumer_key = ''
+consumer_secret = ''
+access_token = ''
+access_token_secret = ''
+days_to_keep = 365
+
+auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
+auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
+api = tweepy.API(auth)
+
+
+
+cutoff_date = datetime.now(timezone.utc) - timedelta(days=days_to_keep)
+
+print(cutoff_date)
+
+fp = open("tweet.js","r")
+myjson = json.load(fp)
+
+for tweet in myjson:
+    d = datetime.strptime(tweet['created_at'], "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %z %Y")
+    if d < cutoff_date:
+        print(tweet['created_at'] + " " + tweet['id_str'])
+        try:
+            api.destroy_status(tweet['id_str'])
+        except:
+            pass