Python Web Scraping: Get the number of post on Twitter liked by a given account
Python Web Scraping: Exercise-18 with Solution
Write a Python program to get the number of post on Twitter liked by a given account.
Sample Solution:
Python Code:
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests
handle = input('Input your account name on Twitter: ')
temp = requests.get('https://twitter.com/'+handle)
bs = BeautifulSoup(temp.text,'lxml')
try:
favorite_box = bs.find('li',{'class':'ProfileNav-item ProfileNav-item--favorites'})
favorite = favorite_box.find('a').find('span',{'class':'ProfileNav-value'})
print("Number of post {} liked are {}: ".format(handle,favorite.get('data-count')))
except:
print('Account name not found...')
Sample Output:
Input your account name on Twitter: @prasanta Number of post @prasanta liked are 119:
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