ct_get_posts function

PyCrowdTangle/PyCrowdTangle.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import requests
+
+# save in a file called api-key.txt file
+# your api-key at your proyect folder
+try:
+    with open("apikey.txt", "r") as file:
+        apikey = file.readline()
+        api_token = apikey.strip('\n')
+except:
+    print("api-key.txt not found")
+
+
+def ct_get_posts(count=100, start_date="", end_date="", api_token=""):
+    """Retrieve a set of posts for the given parameters get post from crowdtangle 
+
+    Args:
+        count (int, optional): The number of posts to return. Defaults to 100. options [1-100]
+        start_date (str, optional): [description]. Defaults to "".
+        end_date (str, optional): The latest date at which a post could be posted.
+                                  Time zone is UTC. Format is “yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss”
+                                  or “yyyy-mm-dd” (defaults to time 00:00:00).
+                                  Defaults to "now".
+        api_token (str, optional): [description]. Defaults to "".
+
+    Returns:
+        [dict]: The Response contains both a status code and a result. The status will always
+                be 200 if there is no error. The result contains an array of post objects and
+                a pagination object with URLs for both the next and previous page, if they exist
+    """
+
+    # api-endpoint
+    URL_BASE = "https://api.crowdtangle.com/posts"
+    # defining a params dict for the parameters to be sent to the API
+    PARAMS = {'count': count, 'token': api_token}
+
+    # add params parameters
+    if start_date:
+        PARAMS['startDate'] = start_date
+    if start_date:
+        PARAMS['endDate'] = end_date
+
+    # sending get request and saving the response as response object
+    r = requests.get(url=URL_BASE, params=PARAMS)
+    # status = r.status_code
+    return r.json()

PyCrowdTangle/__init__.py

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+
+"""Top-level package for PyCrowdTangle"""
+
+__author__ = """Jose R. Zapata"""
+__version__ = '0.0.1'

requirements.txt

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+requests==2.24.0

setup.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+with open("README.md", "r") as readme_file:
+    readme = readme_file.read()
+
+requirements = ["requests>=2"]
+
+setup(
+    name="PyCrowdTangle",
+    version="0.0.1",
+    author="Jose R. Zapata",
+    author_email="[email protected]",
+    description="A Python Wrapper To Retrieve Data From The CrowdTangle API",
+    long_description=readme,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://github.com/UPB-SS1/PyCrowdTangle",
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    install_requires=requirements,
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    ],
+    keywords=['crowdtangle', 'wrapper-api'],
+)

tests/__init__.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

tests/test_PyCrwodTangle.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-