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Tweepy Twitter/X API SDK
by tweepyPython
An easy-to-use Python library for accessing the Twitter / X API for social posting.
Toolstable
Maturity: stable because 17y old, v4.17.0 released 32d ago. Derived from release and commit history, not a rating.
- Stars
- 11k
- Forks
- 4.5k
- Downloads / mo
- 4.6M
- Last commit
- 2026-07-02
- License
- MIT
- Open issues
- 104
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In practice
Written by AI from this repository’s README · medium confidenceCalling Twitter API endpoints from Python otherwise means writing the auth and request layer by hand.
Use it when
When a Python project needs to read from or write to the Twitter API.
Not the right pick when
The README is thin and links out to the Twitter API documentation, and access to that API is governed separately.
Capabilities
- Install the latest release from PyPI with pip
- Optional asynchronous subpackage through the async extra
- Install the development version from the Git repository
- Documentation hosted on Read the Docs
Cost: Cost not stated
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Latest release v4.17.0
Published 2026-07-02
What's Changed
- Add reset_time parameter to TooManyRequests by @joshthecoder in https://github.com/tweepy/tweepy/pull/2228
- Replace deprecated datetime.utcnow() in MongodbCache.store by @Sanjays2402 in https://github.com/tweepy/tweepy/pull/2241
Full Changelog: https://github.com/tweepy/tweepy/compare/v4.16.0...v4.17.0
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README
Tweepy: Twitter for Python!
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Installation
The easiest way to install the latest version from PyPI is by using
pip:
pip install tweepy
To use the tweepy.asynchronous subpackage, be sure to install with the
async extra:
pip install tweepy[async]
You can also use Git to clone the repository from GitHub to install the latest
development version:
git clone https://github.com/tweepy/tweepy.git
cd tweepy
pip install .
Alternatively, install directly from the GitHub repository:
pip install git+https://github.com/tweepy/tweepy.git
Latest version of Python and older versions not end of life (bugfix and security) are supported.
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