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The first project under Python: "Mining Twitter Data with Python" Tutorials are out of date

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Description

Because twitter has made new changes to the accessibility of the api interface, the version in the project no longer supports data mining.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Locate the first Python project entry and its “Mining Twitter Data with Python” tutorial, then read the tutorial to identify the Twitter API assumptions that no longer work. Confirm what current API access is required and update the tutorial so its data-mining instructions work with the supported interface.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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