offline-twitter/cmd/twitter/help_message.txt

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Usage: twitter [--profile <profile_dir>] [--session <session_name>] [<flags>] <operation> <TARGET>
This application downloads tweets from twitter and saves them in a SQLite database.
<profile_dir>:
Optional. Indicates the path to the directory containing the data directories, database files, and settings files.
By default, will use the current working directory.
Ignored if <operation> is "create_profile".
<session_name>:
Optional. Only needed when making authenticated requests.
If specified, the named session file (this value, appended with ".session" extension) will be used
when making API requests.
<operation>:
create_profile
<TARGET> is the directory to create. It must not exist already.
<profile_dir> will be ignored if provided.
login
<TARGET> is the username or email to log in as.
An optional second target can be provided which will be used as the password; if not, a password
prompt (non-echoing) will be given so you can enter the password.
On success, the `login` operation will create (or overwrite) a ".session" file with the user
handle of the user it corresponds to, which contains session tokens and cookies allowing you to
make subsequent requests as that user.
For example, `twitter login offline_twatter` will prompt for a password, then attempt to log in as
@offline_twatter, and if successful, a file `Offline_Twatter.session` will be created.
It may be converted to uppercase (offline_twatter => Offline_Twatter) if that's the canonical
capitalization that twitter uses, even though handles are case insensitive.
fetch_user
download_user_content
<TARGET> is the user handle.
"download_user_content" will save a local copy of the user's banner and profile images.
fetch_tweet
fetch_tweet_only
<TARGET> is either the full URL of the tweet, or its ID.
If using "fetch_tweet_only", then only that specific tweet will be saved. "fetch_tweet" will save the whole
thread including replies.
download_tweet_content
<TARGET> is either the full URL of the tweet, or its ID.
Downloads videos and images embedded in the tweet.
get_user_tweets
get_user_tweets_all
<TARGET> is the user handle.
Gets the most recent ~50 tweets.
If "get_user_tweets_all" is used, gets up to ~3200 tweets (API limit).
get_user_likes
get_user_likes_all
<TARGET> is the user handle.
Gets the most recent ~50 "likes".
If "get_user_tweets_all" is used, gets up to ~3200 "liked" tweets (API limit).
get_followers
get_followees
<TARGET> is the user handle of whose followers/followees to get.
"get_followers" gets the list of people following that user.
"get_followees" gets the list of people that user is following.
fetch_timeline
fetch_timeline_following_only
Fetch the logged-in user's timeline (home feed).
No <TARGET> is needed; will be ignored if given.
Twitter keeps renaming the feeds, but the two options are:
- "fetch_timeline" uses Twitter's "algorithm", including recommendations, promoted content, etc
- "fetch_timeline_following_only" is just tweets from people you follow, in the order they were
posted (skips the "algorithm")
follow
unfollow
<TARGET> is the user handle
search
<TARGET> is the search query. Should be wrapped in quotes if it has spaces.
(Requires authentication)
like_tweet
unlike_tweet
"Like" or un-"like" the tweet indicated by <TARGET>.
(Requires authentication)
fetch_inbox
Update all DMs.
<TARGET> is ignored.
fetch_dm
Update a specific DM chat room.
<TARGET> is the chat room ID to update
send_dm
Send a DM.
<TARGET> is the chat room ID to send the DM to.
An additional argument is required after <TARGET>, which is the text of the message to send.
Another additional argument can be added, which is the message ID that this new message is
in reply to.
webserver
Start a webserver that serves a web UI to browse the tweet archive
<flags>:
-h, --help
Print this message, then exit.
-v, --version
Print the version number and exit.
-n, --number
Set the number of tweets to fetch, when getting a feed. Default is 50.
Setting this flag means you will get at least that many "tweets plus retweets" from that user (unless of
course they don't have that many). The total amount of tweets returned will be larger, because quoted tweets
won't count toward the limit.