Python Tweepy – Getting the number of times a tweet has been favourited

In this article we will see how we can get the number of times a tweet/status has been favourited. The favorite_count attribute of the Status object provides us with the number of times a tweet has been favourited. Identifying the number of times a tweet has been favourited in the GUI : 👁 Image
The above mentioned status has been favourited 16 times.

In order to get the number of times a status has been favourited, we have to do the following :

1. Identify the status ID of the status from the GUI.
2. Get the Status object of the status using the get_status() method with the status ID.
3. From this object, fetch the favorite_count attribute present in it.

Example 1 : Consider the following status : 👁 Image
We will use the status ID to fetch the status. The status ID of the above mentioned status is 1272771459249844224. Output :

The number of time the status has been favourited is : 17

Example 2 : Consider the following status : 👁 Image
We will use the status ID to fetch the status. The status ID of the above mentioned status is 1272479136133627905.

Output :

The number of time the status has been favorited is : 19