concrete.util.twitter module

Convert between JSON and Concrete representations of Tweets

The JSON fields used by the Twitter API are documented at:

concrete.util.twitter.capture_tweet_lid(tweet)

Attempts to capture the ‘lang’ field in the twitter API, if it exists.

Parameters:tweet (object) – Object created by deserializing a JSON Tweet string
Returns:List of LanguageIdentification objects, or None if the field is not present in the Tweet JSON
concrete.util.twitter.json_tweet_object_to_Communication(tweet)

Convert deserialized JSON Tweet object to Communication

Parameters:tweet (object) – Object created by deserializing a JSON Tweet string
Returns:
Return type:Communication
concrete.util.twitter.json_tweet_object_to_TweetInfo(tweet)

Create TweetInfo object from deserialized JSON Tweet object

Parameters:tweet (object) – Object created by deserializing a JSON Tweet string
Returns:
Return type:TweetInfo
concrete.util.twitter.json_tweet_string_to_Communication(json_tweet_string, check_empty=False, check_delete=False)

Convert JSON Tweet string to Communication

Parameters:
  • json_tweet_string (str) – JSON Tweet string from Twitter API
  • check_empty (bool) – If True, check if json_tweet_string is empty
  • check_delete (bool) – If True, check for presence of delete field in Tweet JSON, and if the ‘delete’ field is present, return None
Returns:
Return type:

Communication
concrete.util.twitter.json_tweet_string_to_TweetInfo(json_tweet_string)

Create TweetInfo object from JSON Tweet string

Parameters:tweet (object) – JSON Tweet string from Twitter API
Returns:
Return type:TweetInfo
concrete.util.twitter.snake_case_to_camelcase(value)

Converts snake case to camel case

Implementation copied from this Stack Overflow post: http://goo.gl/SSgo9k

Parameters:value (unicode) –
Returns:unicode
concrete.util.twitter.twitter_lid_to_iso639_3(twitter_lid)

Convert Twitter Language ID string to ISO639-3 code

Ref: https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/get/help/languages

Parameters:twitter_lid (str) – This can be an iso639-3 code (no-op), iso639-1 2-letter abbr (converted to 3), or combo (split by ‘-‘, then first part converted)
Returns:An ISO639-3 code
Return type:str