a simple way to access the twitter stream

twitter-stream.py

import json
import tweepy


class StdOutListener(tweepy.StreamListener):
    def do_stuff(self, pdata):
        print pdata['text']

    def on_data(self, data):
        pdata = ""
        try:
            pdata = json.loads(data)
            self.do_stuff(pdata)
            return True
        except Exception:
            return True

    def on_error(self, status):
        print "Stream on_error: ", status


def connect():
        # Authenticate
        auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler('Consumer key', 'Consumer secret')
        auth.set_access_token('Access token', 'Access token secret')
        return auth


def stream():
        try:
            # Read stream
            stream = tweepy.Stream(connect(), StdOutListener())
            #stream.filter(track=['word'])
            stream.sample()
        except Exception:
            print 'could not connect to Twitter'


if __name__ == '__main__':
    stream()