Download twitter threads from an account to csv file

twitter_threads.py

import tweepy
import csv
import time

consumer_key = 'xxxxxx'
consumer_secret = 'xxxxxx'
access_token = 'xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx'
access_token_secret = 'xxxxxxxxx'

auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
api = tweepy.API(auth)
username = 'Username'

with open('mis_hilos.csv', 'w', newline='') as file:
    writer = csv.writer(file)
    writer.writerow(['Fecha', 'Url', 'Tweet'])
    
    thread_ids = []

    for tweet in tweepy.Cursor(api.user_timeline, screen_name=username, tweet_mode='extended').items():
        time.sleep(0.5)
        
        if tweet.in_reply_to_status_id is not None and str(tweet.in_reply_to_status_id) not in thread_ids:
            try:
                prev_tweet_id = str(tweet.in_reply_to_status_id)
                prev_tweet = api.get_status(prev_tweet_id, tweet_mode='extended')

                if prev_tweet.author.screen_name != username:
                    continue

                thread_ids.append(tweet.id_str)
                thread_text = []
                thread_text.append((tweet.created_at, "https://twitter.com/{}/status/{}".format(username, tweet.id_str), tweet.full_text))
                
                while prev_tweet_id is not None and prev_tweet_id not in thread_ids:
                    prev_tweet = api.get_status(prev_tweet_id, tweet_mode='extended')
                    thread_text.append((prev_tweet.created_at, "https://twitter.com/{}/status/{}".format(username, prev_tweet.id_str), prev_tweet.full_text))
                    thread_ids.append(prev_tweet.id_str)
                    prev_tweet_id = prev_tweet.in_reply_to_status_id
                    time.sleep(0.5)

                thread_text.reverse()
                writer.writerows(thread_text)
                print("{} {} downloaded!".format(thread_text[0][0], thread_text[0][1]))
                
            except Exception as ex:
                print(ex)