module 'snscrape.utils' has no attribute 'TwitterSearch'

[elieayoubit]

Describe the bug

1. Versions : Python 3.10.12, and snscrape 0.7.0.20230622

2. Imported Library : import snscrape.modules.twitter as sntwitter

3. Using : tweets = sntwitter.TwitterSearch(query=search_term, max_results=max_results, since=since_date, until=until_date)

4. Error: module 'snscrape.utils' has no attribute 'TwitterSearch'

5. I already tried updating snscrape, uninstalling and reinstalling

How to reproduce

import snscrape.modules.twitter as sntwitter
import pandas as pd  

search_term = "any term"
max_results = 100

# Optional: Filter by date
since_date = "2024-02-01"
until_date = "2024-04-01"

tweets = sntwitter.TwitterSearch(query=search_term, max_results=max_results, since=since_date, until=until_date)

Expected behaviour

import

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Operating system

Windows 10 Pro

Python version: output of python3 --version

Python 3.10.12

snscrape version: output of snscrape --version

snscrape 0.7.0.20230622

Scraper

How are you using snscrape?

Module (import snscrape.modules.something in Python code)

Backtrace

module 'snscrape.utils' has no attribute 'TwitterSearch'

Log output

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Dump of locals

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Additional context

No response

[JustAnotherArchivist]

TwitterSearch has never existed. TwitterSearchScraper does, but it's broken (see other open issues).

I will leave this issue open though because there is a bug here: the error should refer to snscrape.modules.twitter, not snscrape.utils.