from twython import TwythonStreamer, TwythonStreamHandler class MyHandler(TwythonStreamHandler): def on_success(self, data): print data def on_error(self, status_code, data): print status_code, data handler = MyHandler() # Requires Authentication as of Twitter API v1.1 stream = TwythonStreamer(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET, OAUTH_TOKEN, OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET, handler) stream.statuses.filter(track='twitter') #stream.user(track='twitter') #stream.site(follow='twitter')