Terminate python based on printed output

Question

In here, Limit tweepy stream to a specific number, I tried to stop a streaming script using tweepy but kept getting an error. I tried fixing the error as some people may have suggested but no luck.

I thought of another method of possibly terminating the script based on a the number of printed outputs. What I did is take the previous code and put into a function:

def streamer(location):
    ## same code here ##
    twitterStream.filter(locations=[\location) ## changed to match function##

Then I would call the function (i.e. streamer(LA)) where LA is predefined with a set of coordinates.

My question: Is it possible to terminate the function streamer based on the number it outputs without changing the function itself (due to persisting error)?

Answer 1

you could use quit() but that also terminates the whole session.

You also need to add your streamdata to a variable somewhere. If I am correct you will get a constant stream of Json items, so just add them to a list and then use the length of the list. Then use twitterstream.disconnect() if you got your amount of outputs.