Authenticate twitter api

twitter_bot/twitter_api.py

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+import tweepy
+
+def get_twitter_api():
+    consumer_key = ''  # API key
+    consumer_secret = ''  # API secret key
+    access_token = ''
+    access_token_secret = ''
+
+    # Correcting the class name for the OAuth handler
+    auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
+    auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
+
+    api = tweepy.API(auth)
+
+    # Attempt to use the API to confirm authentication works
+    try:
+        api.verify_credentials()
+        print("Successfully authenticated with Twitter API.")
+    except tweepy.TweepyException as e:
+        print(f"Failed to authenticate with Twitter API: {e}")
+        return None  # Optionally return None or handle differently if auth fails
+
+    return api
+
+# Call the function to test authentication
+api = get_twitter_api()