Connecting to Twitter

For information on the available WHL and TAR.GZ files for supported environments, and how to install the appropriate file for your Python distribution, see Package Installation.

For information on the module to import, and how to configure the necessary connection properties in a connection string, see Establishing a Connection.

Other available connection properties can be used to configure other aspects of the connector capabilities.

Python Version Support

The CData Python Connector for Twitter can be installed and used in Python versions 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12 and 3.13.

Twitter Version Support

The connector models the behavior of version 1.1 of the Twitter REST API as bidirectional tables. A developer account is required to connect to Twitter APIs.

See Also

• Using the Connector: Establish connections and query Twitter through Python code.
• From SQLAlchemy: Use SQLAlchemy to establish a connection with dialect URL, and interact with Twitter data using mapped classes and Sessions.