Tweepy-Based Twitter Search Function

This function uses the Tweepy library to search for tweets on Twitter. It accepts a query parameter and an optional count parameter, defaulting to 10. The function returns a list of tweet objects containing the search results.

Technology Stack : Tweepy

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def search_tweets(query, count=10):
    """
    This function uses Tweepy to search for tweets based on a query.
    It returns a list of tweet objects.
    """
    import tweepy

    # Authenticate to Twitter
    auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler('YOUR_CONSUMER_KEY', 'YOUR_CONSUMER_SECRET')
    auth.set_access_token('YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN', 'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET')

    # Create API object
    api = tweepy.API(auth)

    # Search for tweets
    tweets = api.search(q=query, count=count)

    return tweets