#!/usr/bin/env python
 
import tweepy
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
# options
test_mode = False
verbose = True
delete_tweets = True
days_to_keep = 30
 
tweets_to_save = [
#    1234567890
]
 
# auth and api
consumer_key = 'FOOBAR'
consumer_secret = 'FOOBAR'
access_token = 'FOOBAR'
access_token_secret = 'FOOBAR'
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
api = tweepy.API(auth)
 
# set cutoff date, use utc to match twitter
cutoff_date = datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(days=days_to_keep)
 
# delete old tweets
if delete_tweets:
    # get all timeline tweets
    print("Retrieving timeline tweets")
    timeline = tweepy.Cursor(api.user_timeline).items()
    deletion_count = 0
    ignored_count = 0
 
    for tweet in timeline:
        # where tweets are not in save list and older than cutoff date
        if tweet.id not in tweets_to_save and tweet.created_at < cutoff_date:
            if verbose:
                print("Deleting %d: [%s] %s" % (tweet.id, tweet.created_at, tweet.text))
            if not test_mode:
                api.destroy_status(tweet.id)
             
            deletion_count += 1
        else:
            ignored_count += 1
 
    print("Deleted %d tweets, ignored %d" % (deletion_count, ignored_count))
else:
    print("Not deleting tweets")