How to install Tweepy on Windows and macOS / Linux
Using your shell (PowerShell or Bash/ZSH), install the Tweepy Python package so that you can run it inside Python code in the rest of this guide.
I strongly recommend installing Tweepy in a virtual environment and not using a global install for your user or root user.
?> Virtual env note:
If you are new to Python or virtual environments or for more background on the instructions on this page, I recommend that you read through this guide to Setup a Python 3 virtual environment.
!> User install note:
In general, when installing Python packages, avoid using the sudo command to become root and install with elevated privileges. Since running sudo allows a package to run arbitrary and possibly malicious code at the root level, including deleting files or installing a virus. There are known cases of this for Python and NPM packages
If you really want to install at the global level for your user and pip install PACKAGE gives an error, add --user flag. Just don't add sudo as a prefix.
Install Python 3.
Navigate to your project root folder.
cd my-projectCreate a virtual environment named venv.
?> Here we use the builtin venv tool after the -m module flag, but you can use something else like Pipenv if you like.
python3 -m venv venvActivate the virtual environment.
# Linux and macOS
source venv/bin/activate
# Windows
source venv\Scripts\activateInstall Tweepy into the virtual environment.
pip install tweepy?> You're already inside a sandboxes Python 3 environment so no need to specify pip3 or sudo.
Now you can import Tweepy within the context of your project's virtual environment. A one-liner to test tweepy:
python -c 'import tweepy; print("It works!")?> Use deactivate command to revert to the global environment. Make sure you use the activate command above whenever you need to use tweepy in your project.