# Authorize our Twitter credentials
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
api = tweepy.API(auth)
tweets = api.user_timeline(screen_name=userID,
# 200 is the maximum allowed count
count=200,
include_rts = False,
# Necessary to keep full_text
# otherwise only the first 140 words are extracted
tweet_mode = 'extended'
)