Backup your Twitter data

backup-twitter.sh

#!/bin/sh

export DAY=`date +'%Y-%m-%d'`

user=devonzuegel

tweetsFile="$DAY--$user--tweets.csv"
retweetsFile="$DAY--$user--retweets.csv"
favoritesFile="$DAY--$user--favorites.csv"
followingsFile="$DAY--$user--followings.csv"
max=10000

echo "Backing up tweets...";     t timeline ${user} --csv --number ${max} > "${tweetsFile}"
echo "Backing up retweets...";   t retweets ${user} --csv --number ${max} > "${retweetsFile}"
echo "Backing up favorites...";  t favorites ${user} --csv --number ${max} > "${favoritesFile}"
echo "Backing up followings..."; t followings ${user} --csv > "${followingsFile}"

echo "\nBacked up the following for ${user}'s data:"

numTweetsWithLabel=$(csvstat --count ${tweetsFile})
numTweets="${numTweetsWithLabel#"Row count: "}"

numRetweetsWithLabel=$(csvstat --count ${retweetsFile})
numRetweets="${numRetweetsWithLabel#"Row count: "}"

numFavoritesWithLabel=$(csvstat --count ${favoritesFile})
numFavorites="${numFavoritesWithLabel#"Row count: "}"

numFollowingsWithLabel=$(csvstat --count ${followingsFile})
numFollowings="${numFollowingsWithLabel#"Row count: "}"


echo "- ${numTweets} tweets"
echo "- ${numRetweets} retweets"
echo "- ${numFavorites} favorites"
echo "- ${numFollowings} followings"

echo "\nDone 🎉\n"

setup-dependencies.sh

gem install t             # Assumes that you have Ruby installed already
sudo easy_install csvkit  # More info: https://github.com/amandabee/CUNY-data-storytelling/wiki/Tutorial:-Installing-CSVKit