Python Tweepy – Getting the source of a tweet

In this article we will see how we can get the source of a status/tweet. The source of the tweet tells us how the tweet was posted. Some examples of sources are :

Twitter for Android
Twitter for iPhone
Twitter Web App

The source attribute of the Status object provides us with the source of the status. Identifying the source of the status in the GUI :

In the above mentioned status, the source of the status is : Twitter for Android

In order to get the source of the status, we have to do the following :

Identify the status ID of the status from the GUI.

Get the Status object of the status using the get_status() method with the status ID.

From this object, fetch the source attribute present in it.

Example 1 : Consider the following status :

We will use the status ID to fetch the status. The status ID of the above mentioned status is 1272771459249844224.

Python3 1==

# import the module
import tweepy

# assign the values accordingly
consumer_key = ""
consumer_secret = ""
access_token = ""
access_token_secret = ""

# authorization of consumer key and consumer secret
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)

# set access to user's access key and access secret 
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)

# calling the api 
api = tweepy.API(auth)

# the ID of the status
id = 1272771459249844224

# fetching the status
status = api.get_status(id)

# fetching the source attribute
source = status.source 

print("The source of the status is : " + source)

Output :

The source of the status is : Twitter for Android

Example 2 : Consider the following status :

We will use the status ID to fetch the status. The status ID of the above mentioned status is 1273112322773581824.

Python3 1==

# the ID of the status
id = 1273112322773581824

# fetching the status
status = api.get_status(id

# fetching the source attribute
source = status.source 

print("The source of the status is : " + source)

Output :

The source of the status is : Twitter Web App

Python Tweepy – Getting the source of a tweet

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