Tweepy-Based Tweeting with Hashtags

This function uses the Tweepy library to send a tweet containing specified hashtags. It first sets up authentication for the Twitter API, then builds a tweet status with all the hashtags, and sends the tweet through the Tweepy API object.

Technology Stack : Tweepy, OAuthHandler, API

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def tweet_with_hashtags(status, hashtags):
    import tweepy
    from tweepy import OAuthHandler
    from tweepy import API

    # Twitter API credentials (These should be your own credentials)
    consumer_key = 'YOUR_CONSUMER_KEY'
    consumer_secret = 'YOUR_CONSUMER_SECRET'
    access_token = 'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN'
    access_token_secret = 'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET'

    # Create an OAuthHandler instance
    auth = OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
    auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)

    # Create an API object
    api = API(auth)

    # Add hashtags to the status
    for hashtag in hashtags:
        status += f" #{hashtag}"

    # Tweet the status
    api.update_status(status)