├── .gitignore ├── requirements.txt ├── configs-sample.py ├── Readme.md ├── amnesia.py └── LICENSE /.gitignore: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | **/*.pyc 2 | configs.py 3 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /requirements.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | tweepy==3.5.0 2 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /configs-sample.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | #!/usr/bin/env python 2 | 3 | twitter = { 4 | 'consumer_key': 'your_consumer_key', 5 | 'consumer_secret': 'your_consumer_secret', 6 | 'access_token': 'your_oauth_token', 7 | 'access_token_secret': 'your_oauth_token_secret', 8 | 'delete_after_days': 5, 9 | # By default, actually delete tweet/likes. 10 | # Set this to True to just print what will be deleted. 11 | 'dry_run': False, 12 | } 13 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Readme.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Amnesia for Twitter 2 | 3 | This is a simple script that will automatically delete all of your tweets and 4 | likes that are older than a specified number of days. 5 | If you use Twitter for conversation and not posterity then you'll like Amnesia. 6 | 7 | If you want a copy of your tweets for your own personal records, make sure you 8 | [download your Twitter archive](https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170160) 9 | _before_ running Amnesia. 10 | 11 | Remember: Amnesia cannot delete offline copies (e.g., screenshots, or web 12 | crawling) of your tweets and likes. 13 | Good luck. 14 | 15 | ## Requirements 16 | 17 | You'll need the following. 18 | 19 | - Python 2.7 (3 probably works, too) 20 | - A Twitter App ([create one for free](https://apps.twitter.com/app/new)) 21 | - OAuth tokens (get these after creating your app) 22 | 23 | ## Setting Amnesia Up 24 | 25 | ### Download Code and Dependencies 26 | 27 | ``` 28 | git clone https://github.com/jmathai/amnesia.git 29 | cd amnesia 30 | virtualenv venv 31 | source venv/bin/activate 32 | pip install -r requirements.txt 33 | ``` 34 | 35 | ### Configure Amnesia 36 | 37 | You'll need to copy the `configs-sample.py` to `configs.py` and update the 38 | oauth values. 39 | 40 | ``` 41 | cp configs-sample.py configs.py 42 | ``` 43 | 44 | The `delete_after_days` value specifies that you want to delete all tweets 45 | older than that many days. 46 | 47 | ## Using Amnesia 48 | 49 | ### Running Amnesia 50 | 51 | *By default, Amnesia will delete tweets/likes.* 52 | If you just want to try a dry run, *make sure* you set `dry_run=True` in `configs.py`. 53 | Either way, you must run `amnesia.py`. 54 | 55 | ### Cleaning up 56 | 57 | If you like, you may 58 | [revoke access](https://support.twitter.com/articles/76052) 59 | to your Twitter account _after_ using Amnesia. 60 | 61 | ### Automating Amnesia 62 | 63 | You may want to periodically run amnesia so that it keeps your tweets pruned. 64 | I use my [crontab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron). 65 | On Linux or OS X you can edit your crontab by typing `crontab -e` in a 66 | terminal. 67 | 68 | 69 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /amnesia.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | #!/usr/bin/env python 2 | import sys 3 | import time 4 | from datetime import datetime, timedelta 5 | 6 | 7 | from configs import twitter as twitter_config 8 | from tweepy import API, Cursor, OAuthHandler 9 | from tweepy.error import TweepError 10 | 11 | 12 | # By default, actually delete tweet/likes. 13 | # Set this to True to just print what will be deleted. 14 | dry_run = twitter_config.get('dry_run', False) 15 | 16 | 17 | if __name__ == "__main__": 18 | """ 19 | Set up Twitter authentication 20 | """ 21 | auth = OAuthHandler(twitter_config['consumer_key'], 22 | twitter_config['consumer_secret']) 23 | auth.set_access_token(twitter_config['access_token'], 24 | twitter_config['access_token_secret']) 25 | 26 | """ 27 | Create api module using authentication. 28 | """ 29 | api = API(auth) 30 | try: 31 | verify = api.verify_credentials() 32 | user_id = verify.id 33 | except TweepError as err: 34 | print(err) 35 | print('Authentication Error') 36 | sys.exit(0) 37 | 38 | """ 39 | Tweets before this date will be deleted. 40 | It's today minus `twitter_config['delete_after_days']` days 41 | """ 42 | days = timedelta(days=twitter_config['delete_after_days']) 43 | delete_before = datetime.now() - days 44 | 45 | """ 46 | Loop over your timeline. 47 | Compare the tweet's date with the threshold. 48 | If the tweet is older than the threshold we delete it. 49 | """ 50 | for status in Cursor(api.user_timeline).items(): 51 | if status.created_at < delete_before: 52 | try: 53 | if not dry_run: 54 | api.destroy_status(status.id) 55 | print("Deleted {}".format(status.id)) 56 | print(status.text.encode('utf-8')) 57 | except TweepError as err: 58 | print("Could not delete {}".format(status.id)) 59 | 60 | """ 61 | Loop over your favorites. 62 | Compare the favorite's date with the threshold. 63 | If the favorite is older than the threshold we delete it. 64 | """ 65 | # https://dev.twitter.com/rest/public/rate-limiting 66 | FIFTEEN_MINUTES = 15*60 67 | RATE_LIMIT = 180 68 | counter, elapsed_time, previous_time = 0, 0, 0 69 | 70 | for status in Cursor(api.favorites).items(): 71 | if status.created_at < delete_before: 72 | try: 73 | if not dry_run: 74 | api.destroy_favorite(status.id) 75 | print("Un-favorited {}".format(status.id)) 76 | print(status.text.encode('utf-8')) 77 | except TweepError as err: 78 | print("Could not un-favorite {}".format(status.id)) 79 | finally: 80 | # Sleep for a bit if we exceed the rate limit. 81 | current_time = time.time() 82 | previous_time = previous_time or current_time 83 | elapsed_time = current_time-previous_time 84 | previous_time = current_time 85 | counter += 1 86 | if elapsed_time < FIFTEEN_MINUTES and counter > RATE_LIMIT: 87 | time.sleep(FIFTEEN_MINUTES-elapsed_time) 88 | counter, elapsed_time, previous_time = 0, 0, 0 89 | 90 | 91 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /LICENSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | Apache License 2 | Version 2.0, January 2004 3 | http://www.apache.org/licenses/ 4 | 5 | TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION 6 | 7 | 1. Definitions. 8 | 9 | "License" shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction, 10 | and distribution as defined by Sections 1 through 9 of this document. 11 | 12 | "Licensor" shall mean the copyright owner or entity authorized by 13 | the copyright owner that is granting the License. 14 | 15 | "Legal Entity" shall mean the union of the acting entity and all 16 | other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common 17 | control with that entity. For the purposes of this definition, 18 | "control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the 19 | direction or management of such entity, whether by contract or 20 | otherwise, or (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the 21 | outstanding shares, or (iii) beneficial ownership of such entity. 22 | 23 | "You" (or "Your") shall mean an individual or Legal Entity 24 | exercising permissions granted by this License. 25 | 26 | "Source" form shall mean the preferred form for making modifications, 27 | including but not limited to software source code, documentation 28 | source, and configuration files. 29 | 30 | "Object" form shall mean any form resulting from mechanical 31 | transformation or translation of a Source form, including but 32 | not limited to compiled object code, generated documentation, 33 | and conversions to other media types. 34 | 35 | "Work" shall mean the work of authorship, whether in Source or 36 | Object form, made available under the License, as indicated by a 37 | copyright notice that is included in or attached to the work 38 | (an example is provided in the Appendix below). 39 | 40 | "Derivative Works" shall mean any work, whether in Source or Object 41 | form, that is based on (or derived from) the Work and for which the 42 | editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications 43 | represent, as a whole, an original work of authorship. For the purposes 44 | of this License, Derivative Works shall not include works that remain 45 | separable from, or merely link (or bind by name) to the interfaces of, 46 | the Work and Derivative Works thereof. 47 | 48 | "Contribution" shall mean any work of authorship, including 49 | the original version of the Work and any modifications or additions 50 | to that Work or Derivative Works thereof, that is intentionally 51 | submitted to Licensor for inclusion in the Work by the copyright owner 52 | or by an individual or Legal Entity authorized to submit on behalf of 53 | the copyright owner. For the purposes of this definition, "submitted" 54 | means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent 55 | to the Licensor or its representatives, including but not limited to 56 | communication on electronic mailing lists, source code control systems, 57 | and issue tracking systems that are managed by, or on behalf of, the 58 | Licensor for the purpose of discussing and improving the Work, but 59 | excluding communication that is conspicuously marked or otherwise 60 | designated in writing by the copyright owner as "Not a Contribution." 61 | 62 | "Contributor" shall mean Licensor and any individual or Legal Entity 63 | on behalf of whom a Contribution has been received by Licensor and 64 | subsequently incorporated within the Work. 65 | 66 | 2. Grant of Copyright License. Subject to the terms and conditions of 67 | this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual, 68 | worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable 69 | copyright license to reproduce, prepare Derivative Works of, 70 | publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute the 71 | Work and such Derivative Works in Source or Object form. 72 | 73 | 3. Grant of Patent License. Subject to the terms and conditions of 74 | this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual, 75 | worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable 76 | (except as stated in this section) patent license to make, have made, 77 | use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer the Work, 78 | where such license applies only to those patent claims licensable 79 | by such Contributor that are necessarily infringed by their 80 | Contribution(s) alone or by combination of their Contribution(s) 81 | with the Work to which such Contribution(s) was submitted. If You 82 | institute patent litigation against any entity (including a 83 | cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the Work 84 | or a Contribution incorporated within the Work constitutes direct 85 | or contributory patent infringement, then any patent licenses 86 | granted to You under this License for that Work shall terminate 87 | as of the date such litigation is filed. 88 | 89 | 4. Redistribution. You may reproduce and distribute copies of the 90 | Work or Derivative Works thereof in any medium, with or without 91 | modifications, and in Source or Object form, provided that You 92 | meet the following conditions: 93 | 94 | (a) You must give any other recipients of the Work or 95 | Derivative Works a copy of this License; and 96 | 97 | (b) You must cause any modified files to carry prominent notices 98 | stating that You changed the files; and 99 | 100 | (c) You must retain, in the Source form of any Derivative Works 101 | that You distribute, all copyright, patent, trademark, and 102 | attribution notices from the Source form of the Work, 103 | excluding those notices that do not pertain to any part of 104 | the Derivative Works; and 105 | 106 | (d) If the Work includes a "NOTICE" text file as part of its 107 | distribution, then any Derivative Works that You distribute must 108 | include a readable copy of the attribution notices contained 109 | within such NOTICE file, excluding those notices that do not 110 | pertain to any part of the Derivative Works, in at least one 111 | of the following places: within a NOTICE text file distributed 112 | as part of the Derivative Works; within the Source form or 113 | documentation, if provided along with the Derivative Works; or, 114 | within a display generated by the Derivative Works, if and 115 | wherever such third-party notices normally appear. The contents 116 | of the NOTICE file are for informational purposes only and 117 | do not modify the License. You may add Your own attribution 118 | notices within Derivative Works that You distribute, alongside 119 | or as an addendum to the NOTICE text from the Work, provided 120 | that such additional attribution notices cannot be construed 121 | as modifying the License. 122 | 123 | You may add Your own copyright statement to Your modifications and 124 | may provide additional or different license terms and conditions 125 | for use, reproduction, or distribution of Your modifications, or 126 | for any such Derivative Works as a whole, provided Your use, 127 | reproduction, and distribution of the Work otherwise complies with 128 | the conditions stated in this License. 129 | 130 | 5. Submission of Contributions. Unless You explicitly state otherwise, 131 | any Contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the Work 132 | by You to the Licensor shall be under the terms and conditions of 133 | this License, without any additional terms or conditions. 134 | Notwithstanding the above, nothing herein shall supersede or modify 135 | the terms of any separate license agreement you may have executed 136 | with Licensor regarding such Contributions. 137 | 138 | 6. Trademarks. This License does not grant permission to use the trade 139 | names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of the Licensor, 140 | except as required for reasonable and customary use in describing the 141 | origin of the Work and reproducing the content of the NOTICE file. 142 | 143 | 7. Disclaimer of Warranty. Unless required by applicable law or 144 | agreed to in writing, Licensor provides the Work (and each 145 | Contributor provides its Contributions) on an "AS IS" BASIS, 146 | WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or 147 | implied, including, without limitation, any warranties or conditions 148 | of TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, or FITNESS FOR A 149 | PARTICULAR PURPOSE. You are solely responsible for determining the 150 | appropriateness of using or redistributing the Work and assume any 151 | risks associated with Your exercise of permissions under this License. 152 | 153 | 8. Limitation of Liability. In no event and under no legal theory, 154 | whether in tort (including negligence), contract, or otherwise, 155 | unless required by applicable law (such as deliberate and grossly 156 | negligent acts) or agreed to in writing, shall any Contributor be 157 | liable to You for damages, including any direct, indirect, special, 158 | incidental, or consequential damages of any character arising as a 159 | result of this License or out of the use or inability to use the 160 | Work (including but not limited to damages for loss of goodwill, 161 | work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any and all 162 | other commercial damages or losses), even if such Contributor 163 | has been advised of the possibility of such damages. 164 | 165 | 9. Accepting Warranty or Additional Liability. While redistributing 166 | the Work or Derivative Works thereof, You may choose to offer, 167 | and charge a fee for, acceptance of support, warranty, indemnity, 168 | or other liability obligations and/or rights consistent with this 169 | License. However, in accepting such obligations, You may act only 170 | on Your own behalf and on Your sole responsibility, not on behalf 171 | of any other Contributor, and only if You agree to indemnify, 172 | defend, and hold each Contributor harmless for any liability 173 | incurred by, or claims asserted against, such Contributor by reason 174 | of your accepting any such warranty or additional liability. 175 | 176 | END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS 177 | 178 | APPENDIX: How to apply the Apache License to your work. 179 | 180 | To apply the Apache License to your work, attach the following 181 | boilerplate notice, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]" 182 | replaced with your own identifying information. (Don't include 183 | the brackets!) The text should be enclosed in the appropriate 184 | comment syntax for the file format. We also recommend that a 185 | file or class name and description of purpose be included on the 186 | same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier 187 | identification within third-party archives. 188 | 189 | Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] 190 | 191 | Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 192 | you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 193 | You may obtain a copy of the License at 194 | 195 | http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 196 | 197 | Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 198 | distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 199 | WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 200 | See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 201 | limitations under the License. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------