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mcriecken
mcriecken

Reputation: 3297

Reply to Tweet with Tweepy - Python

I can't seem to get tweepy to work with replying to a specific tweet:

auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_KEY, ACCESS_SECRET)

api = tweepy.API(auth)

### at this point I've grabbed the tweet and loaded it to JSON...

tweetId = tweet['results'][0]['id']

api.update_status('My status update',tweetId)

The api says it takes optional parameters and in_reply_to_status_id is the first, but it seems to be ignoring it altogether. This script will post an updated status, but it does not link it as a reply to the tweetId that I'm passing.

API for reference: http://code.google.com/p/tweepy/wiki/APIReference#update_status

Anyone have any ideas? I feel like I'm missing something simple here...

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 32

Views: 30604

Answers (7)

Alan
Alan

Reputation: 11

reply_status = "@%s %s" % (tweet.user.screen_name, "type your reply here")
api.update_status(status=reply_status, in_reply_to_status_id=tweet.id)

this is the last correct form, I just test it a few minutes ago

Upvotes: 1

Kanyesigye Akbr
Kanyesigye Akbr

Reputation: 381

Just posting the solution so no someone else suffers the way I did. Twitter updated the API and added an option named auto_populate_reply_metadata

All you need to do is set that to true, and the leave the rest as should be. Here is a sample:

api.update_status(status = 'your reply', in_reply_to_status_id = tweetid , auto_populate_reply_metadata=True)

Also, the status_id is the long set of digits at the end of the tweet URL. Good Luck!

Upvotes: 38

Clay Coleman
Clay Coleman

Reputation: 371

This seems to be a bug in Tweepy – even if you make a call to api.update_status with the correct parameters set,

api.update_status(status=your_status, in_reply_to_status=tweet_to_reply_to.id)

the tweet will not be a reply. In order to get a reply, you need to mention the user you want to reply to AND specify the correct in_reply_to_status id.

reply_status = "@%s %s" % (username_to_reply_to, your_status)
api.update_status(status=reply_status, in_reply_to_status=tweet_to_reply_to.id)

Keep in mind though – Tweepy and Twitter's servers still enforce a maximum number of 140 characters, so make sure you check that 

len(reply_status) <= 140

Again, I think this is a bug because on the Twitter app, you can reply without embedding the username of the person to whom you're replying.

Upvotes: 1

ckirksey3
ckirksey3

Reputation: 1175

I discovered that I had to include the tweet's ID string (rather than actual ID number) when specifying the tweet that I was replying to

api.update_status('@whoIReplyTo my reply tweet',tweetIdString)

Upvotes: 2

mcriecken
mcriecken

Reputation: 3297

Well then, it was something simple. I had to specify who the tweet was directed towards using the @ notation. 

api.update_status('My status update @whoIReplyTo',tweetId)

Upvotes: 15

Dave Kasper
Dave Kasper

Reputation: 1389

You can also do

api.update_status("my update", in_reply_to_status_id = tweetid)

Upvotes: 18

Ibrahim Alghamdi
Ibrahim Alghamdi

Reputation: 341

I ran into the same problem, but luckily I found the solution. You just need to include the user's screen_name in the tweet:

api.update_status('@<username> My status update', tweetId)

Upvotes: 24

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