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   1 # Set up a bounding box around Times Square and around NYC as a whole.
   2
   3 # Alter the streaming code to include a "locations" filter. You need
   4 # to use the order sw_lng, sw_lat, ne_lng, ne_lat for the four
   5 # coordinates.
   6
   7 # Note: to answer this, I used this website to find a good box:
   8 # http://boundingbox.klokantech.com/
   9
  10 import encoding_fix
  11 import tweepy
  12 from twitter_authentication import CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET, ACCESS_TOKEN, ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET
  13
  14 auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
  15 auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_TOKEN, ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)
  16
  17 api = tweepy.API(auth)
  18
  19 class StreamListener(tweepy.StreamListener):
  20     def on_status(self, tweet):
  21         print(tweet.author.screen_name + "\t" + tweet.text)
  22
  23     def on_error(self, status_code):
  24         print('Error: ' + repr(status_code))
  25         return False
  26
  27 l = StreamListener()
  28 streamer = tweepy.Stream(auth=auth, listener=l)
  29
  30 # This should grab tweets in Times Square /and/ NYC as a whole
  31 streamer.filter(locations=[-73.9864799803,40.7575460197,-73.9837820197,40.7602439803,
  32                           -74.25909,40.477399,-73.700171,40.917577])
  33