📅 2023-01-14 — Session: Configured Ubuntu workspaces and Twitter API integration
🕒 16:20–17:30
🏷️ Labels: Ubuntu, Twitter Api, Python, Web Scraping, Selenium
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The session aimed to configure Ubuntu workspaces and explore Twitter API integration using Python.
Key Activities
- Ubuntu Configuration: Checked the Ubuntu version and configured workspaces using Gnome Tweaks and Unity Tweak Tool. Instructions and command-line options were explored for managing workspaces in Ubuntu 22.04.
- Twitter API Integration: Implemented web scraping of Twitter using Python libraries like BeautifulSoup and lxml. Explored web automation with Selenium for interacting with web elements. Utilized Tweepy to retrieve Twitter followers, manage rate limits, and handle API permissions.
Achievements
- Successfully configured Ubuntu workspaces with detailed instructions.
- Demonstrated the use of BeautifulSoup for web scraping and Selenium for web interaction.
- Retrieved Twitter followers using Tweepy, managing rate limits effectively.
Pending Tasks
- Further exploration of advanced Twitter API features and automation techniques using Selenium.