Why can't I delete multiple tweets with this code? Python tweepy

Question

I am trying to use this code to delete 550 tweets from my account, as I want to use it as my personal account again without the tweets from my bots:

import tweepy
import json

auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler("consumer_key", "consumer_secret")

auth.set_access_token("access_token", "access_token_secret")

api = tweepy.API(auth)

screen_name = "YOUR_TWITTER_HANDLE"

timelines = api.user_timeline(screen_name, count = 550, include_rts = False)

for status in timelines:
    tweetid = status._json
    api.destroy_status(tweetid)

But every time I run it, I get this error:

tweepy.error.TweepError: [{'message': 'Application cannot perform write actions. Contact Twitter Platform Operations through https://support.twitter.com/forms/platform', 'code': 261}]

When I print tweetid , it is successfully grabbing all my tweets. I can also tweet normally using api.update_status , so why is this not working? What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

seems like you have made to many requests to the twitter api - from my little reasearch the error code 261 means the token was suspended. Check this links:

Why is the twitter API throwing this error?

https://blog.cotten.io/common-twitter-error-codes-6b324396042e

Answer 2

It sounds like your API key has been restricted (this can happen if you try to perform too many automated actions, see the automation rules https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-automation ). You will need to have the app restored via https://help.twitter.com/forms/automation