Use custom implementation of twitter API

twExtract/__init__.py

@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
 import yt_dlp
 from yt_dlp.extractor import twitter
 import json
+import requests
+import re
+from . import twExtractError
 
-def extractStatus(url):
+guestToken=None
+pathregex = r"\w{1,15}\/(status|statuses)\/(\d{2,20})"
+
+def getGuestToken():
+    global guestToken
+    if guestToken is None:
+        r = requests.post("https://api.twitter.com/1.1/guest/activate.json", headers={"Authorization":"Bearer AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPYXBAAAAAAACLXUNDekMxqa8h%2F40K4moUkGsoc%3DTYfbDKbT3jJPCEVnMYqilB28NHfOPqkca3qaAxGfsyKCs0wRbw"})
+        guestToken = json.loads(r.text)["guest_token"]
+    return guestToken
+
+def extractStatus_fallback(url):
     twIE = twitter.TwitterIE()
     twIE.set_downloader(yt_dlp.YoutubeDL())
     twid = twIE._match_id(url)
@@ -16,6 +29,28 @@ def extractStatus(url):
     })
     return status
 
+
+def extractStatus(url):
+    try:
+        # get tweet ID
+        m = re.search(pathregex, url)
+        if m is None:
+            return extractStatus_fallback(url)
+        twid = m.group(2)
+        # get guest token
+        guestToken = getGuestToken()
+        # get tweet
+        tweet = requests.get("https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/show/" + twid + ".json?tweet_mode=extended&cards_platform=Web-12&include_cards=1&include_reply_count=1&include_user_entities=0", headers={"Authorization":"Bearer AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPYXBAAAAAAACLXUNDekMxqa8h%2F40K4moUkGsoc%3DTYfbDKbT3jJPCEVnMYqilB28NHfOPqkca3qaAxGfsyKCs0wRbw", "x-guest-token":guestToken})
+        output = tweet.json()
+        if "errors" in output:
+            # pick the first error and create a twExtractError
+            error = output["errors"][0]
+            raise twExtractError.TwExtractError(error["code"], error["message"])
+        return output
+    except Exception as e:
+        return extractStatus_fallback(url)
+
+
 def lambda_handler(event, context):
     if ("queryStringParameters" not in event):
         return {