Trading Strategies with News and Tweets - Section 7, Unit 10 - Botometer / RapidAPI key

AI & Machine learning
1

After starting the python kernel for the box "Check for the bot" there is always an error like this:

 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
HTTPError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-8-27709812b4a0> in <module>
----> 1 bot_score = botometer.check_account('@realDonaldTrump')

/opt/conda/envs/py361/lib/python3.6/site-packages/botometer/init.py in check_account(self, user, full_user_object)

130         url = self.bom_api_path('check_account')

131         bom_resp = self._bom_post(url, json=payload)

–> 132         bom_resp.raise_for_status()

133         classification = bom_resp.json()

134


/opt/conda/envs/py361/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/models.py in raise_for_status(self)

939

940         if http_error_msg:

–> 941             raise HTTPError(http_error_msg, response=self)

942

943     def close(self):


HTTPError: 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: https://botometer-pro.p.rapidapi.com/2/check_account
How to get this working with Botometer? I also used my Rapid API key but it wasn't also working.

Thank you for your help.
2

We have updated the "Identify the Bot accounts" notebook in the course. You can download the latest file from the last section "Python Data and Codes".



There are some changes in the Botometer API due to which you are facing the error. To avoid that, you can try updating the botometer package to the latest version (1.6). Also, to get the Botomter API, follow the new guidelines covered in Section 7 Unit 2 "Get Botometer Api Key - Guide".