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17 changes: 14 additions & 3 deletions nexus/utils.py
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Expand Up @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
load_dotenv()

class Utils:
MAX_TWEETS = 3200 # Twitter API's maximum limit for user_timeline

def __init__(self):
api_key = os.getenv("API_KEY")
api_secret = os.getenv("API_SECRET")
Expand All @@ -32,6 +34,17 @@ def user_lookup_tweepy(self, user: str, quantity: int):
:param quantity: amount of tweets you want to retrieve

"""
# Cap quantity to the allowed bounds
if not isinstance(quantity, int):
try:
quantity = int(quantity)
except Exception:
quantity = 0
if quantity < 1:
quantity = 0
elif quantity > self.MAX_TWEETS:
quantity = self.MAX_TWEETS

query: List[Dict] = []

tweets = tweepy.Cursor(
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -133,6 +146,4 @@ def create_topics(self, documents: List[Dict], id_to_cluster_label: Dict, id_fie
bot = Utils()
lookup = bot.user_lookup_sns("JoeBiden", 5000)
print(len(lookup))
print(lookup[-1])


print(lookup[-1])