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Advanced Usage
==============
This section will cover how to use Twython and interact with some a little more advanced API calls
This section will cover how to use Twython and interact with some more advanced API calls
Before you make any API calls, make sure you :ref:`authenticated <starting-out>` the user!
Before you make any API calls, make sure you :ref:`authenticated the user <starting-out>` (or :ref:`app <oauth2>`)!
.. note:: All sections on this page will assume you're using a Twython instance
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Create a Twython instance with your application keys and the users OAuth tokens::
Create a Twython instance with your application keys and the users OAuth tokens
.. code-block:: python
from twython import Twython
twitter = Twython(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET
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Documentation: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/account/verify_credentials
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.. code-block:: python
photo = open('/path/to/file/image.jpg', 'rb')
twitter.update_status_with_media(status='Checkout this cool image!', media=photo)
Posting a Status with an Editing Image
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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This example resizes an image
::
.. code-block:: python
# Assume you are working with a JPEG
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That being said, Twython offers a generator for search results and can be accessed by using the following code:
::
.. code-block:: python
search = twitter.search_gen('python')
for result in search:
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Here is an example of sending custom headers to a Twitter API request:
::
.. code-block:: python
from twython import Twython
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Here is an example of sending the request through proxies:
::
.. code-block:: python
from twython import Twython
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or both (and set a timeout variable):
::
.. code-block:: python
from twython import Twython