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How do you send many documents to a Scout Server in Python using the Python Scout Client?

Im trying to index PDF text to a python lib called Scout. I have tried doing the same thing with elasticsearch too. In both cases I can't figure out how to post text to an index in bulk, using python.
After a lot of research, I believe I need to use async http request. The only problem is, I don't understand async calls nor do I understand what a Scout python 'client' really is. I'm a self-taught programmer and still have many things I don't understand. my thought is the client cant stay open for a loop to keep using the connection. I have seen coding concepts like "await" and "sessions" in many books on programming. However, I don't know how to implement these concepts. Can someone help me write some python code that will successfully post new documents to a running scout server and explain how it's done?
Here is My attempt:
from scout_client import Scout
# import libraries to help read and create PDF
import PyPDF2
from fpdf import FPDF
import base64
import os
from flask import Flask, jsonify, request, render_template, json
# before you start, Run the Server.py file and create a Sqlite DB
# Step one loop though PDF in 'books' folder
for k in range(14,15):
# open the pdf file
read_pdf = PyPDF2.PdfFileReader("books/%s.pdf"%(k))
# Test to see if Step one is complete and succesful
#print (read_pdf)
# Step Two Gain intel on how many Pages are in the Document
# get the page numbers
num = read_pdf.getNumPages()
print ("PDF pages:", num)
# Step Three understand the data by page
# create a dictionary object for page data
all_pages = []
# Step For Create a new index in Scout Server
# client.create_index('test3')
# iterate the page numbers
for page in range(num):
data = read_pdf.getPage(page)
#page_mode = read_pdf.getPageMode()
# extract the page's text
page_text = data.extractText()
# put the text data into the dict
all_pages.append(page_text)
# initiate the Client from scout_client.py
client = Scout('http://localhost:8000')
# THe issue: I tryed for loops, and while loops but cant get past: urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 400: BAD REQUEST
i = 1
while i <= num:
client.create_document(all_pages[i],['test3'])
print(i,"....done")
i += 1
I get an error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test.py", line 37, in <module>
client.create_document(all_pages[i],['test3'])
File "../Searchtest4/scout/scout_client.py", line 149, in create_document
return self.post('/documents/', post_data, attachments)
File "../Searchtest4/scout/scout_client.py", line 53, in post
return self.post_json(url, data)
File "../Searchtest4/scout/scout_client.py", line 63, in post_json
return json.loads(urlopen(request).read().decode('utf8'))
File "../lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 222, in urlopen
return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
File "../lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 531, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "../lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 641, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "../lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 569, in error
return self._call_chain(*args)
File "../lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 503, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "../lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 649, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
**urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 400: BAD REQUEST**
Here is the server that runs fine (server.py):
import logging
import optparse
import os
import sys
from flask import Flask
from werkzeug.serving import run_simple
from scout.exceptions import InvalidRequestException
from scout.models import database
from scout.models import Attachment
from scout.models import BlobData
from scout.models import Document
from scout.models import Index
from scout.models import IndexDocument
from scout.models import Metadata
from scout.views import register_views
logger = logging.getLogger('scout')
def create_server(config=None, config_file=None):
app = Flask(__name__)
# Configure application using a config file.
if config_file is not None:
app.config.from_pyfile(config_file)
# (Re-)Configure application using command-line switches/environment flags.
if config is not None:
app.config.update(config)
# Initialize the SQLite database.
initialize_database(app.config.get('DATABASE') or 'scout.db',
pragmas=app.config.get('SQLITE_PRAGMAS') or None)
register_views(app)
#app.errorhandler(InvalidRequestException)
def handle_invalid_request(exc):
return exc.response()
#app.before_request
def connect_database():
if database.database != ':memory:':
database.connect()
#app.teardown_request
def close_database(exc):
if database.database != ':memory:' and not database.is_closed():
database.close()
return app
def initialize_database(database_file, pragmas=None):
database.init(database_file, pragmas=pragmas)
try:
meth = database.execution_context
except AttributeError:
meth = database
with meth:
database.create_tables([
Attachment,
BlobData,
Document,
Index,
IndexDocument,
Metadata])
def run(app):
if app.config['DEBUG']:
app.run(host=app.config['HOST'], port=app.config['PORT'], debug=True)
else:
run_simple(
hostname=app.config['HOST'],
port=app.config['PORT'],
application=app,
threaded=True)
def panic(s, exit_code=1):
sys.stderr.write('\033[91m%s\033[0m\n' % s)
sys.stderr.flush()
sys.exit(exit_code)
def get_option_parser():
parser = optparse.OptionParser()
parser.add_option(
'-H',
'--host',
default='127.0.0.1',
dest='host',
help='The hostname to listen on. Defaults to 127.0.0.1.')
parser.add_option(
'-p',
'--port',
default=8000,
dest='port',
help='The port to listen on. Defaults to 8000.',
type='int')
parser.add_option(
'-u',
'--url-prefix',
dest='url_prefix',
help='URL path to prefix Scout API.')
parser.add_option(
'-s',
'--stem',
dest='stem',
help='Specify stemming algorithm for content.')
parser.add_option(
'-d',
'--debug',
action='store_true',
dest='debug',
help='Run Flask app in debug mode.')
parser.add_option(
'-c',
'--config',
dest='config',
help='Configuration module (python file).')
parser.add_option(
'--paginate-by',
default=50,
dest='paginate_by',
help='Number of documents displayed per page of results, default=50',
type='int')
parser.add_option(
'-k',
'--api-key',
dest='api_key',
help='Set the API key required to access Scout.')
parser.add_option(
'-C',
'--cache-size',
default=64,
dest='cache_size',
help='SQLite page-cache size (MB). Defaults to 64MB.',
type='int')
parser.add_option(
'-f',
'--fsync',
action='store_true',
dest='fsync',
help='Synchronize database to disk on every write.')
parser.add_option(
'-j',
'--journal-mode',
default='wal',
dest='journal_mode',
help='SQLite journal mode. Defaults to WAL (recommended).')
parser.add_option(
'-l',
'--logfile',
dest='logfile',
help='Log file')
return parser
def parse_options():
option_parser = get_option_parser()
options, args = option_parser.parse_args()
if options.logfile:
handler = logging.FileHandler(options.logfile)
logger.addHandler(handler)
config_file = os.environ.get('SCOUT_CONFIG') or options.config
config = {'DATABASE': os.environ.get('SCOUT_DATABASE')}
if len(args) == 0 and not config['DATABASE']:
panic('Error: missing required path to database file.')
elif len(args) > 1:
panic('Error: [%s] only accepts one argument, which is the path '
'to the database file.' % __file__)
elif args:
config['DATABASE'] = args[0]
pragmas = [('journal_mode', options.journal_mode)]
if options.cache_size:
pragmas.append(('cache_size', -1024 * options.cache_size))
if not options.fsync:
pragmas.append(('synchronous', 0))
config['SQLITE_PRAGMAS'] = pragmas
# Handle command-line options. These values will override any values
# that may have been specified in the config file.
if options.api_key:
config['AUTHENTICATION'] = options.api_key
if options.debug:
config['DEBUG'] = True
config['HOST'] = options.host or '127.0.0.1'
config['PORT'] = options.port or 8000
config['URL_PREFIX'] = options.url_prefix or ''
if options.paginate_by:
if options.paginate_by < 1 or options.paginate_by > 1000:
panic('paginate-by must be between 1 and 1000')
config['PAGINATE_BY'] = options.paginate_by
if options.stem:
if options.stem not in ('simple', 'porter'):
panic('Unrecognized stemmer. Must be "porter" or "simple".')
config['STEM'] = options.stem
return create_server(config, config_file)
def main():
app = parse_options()
run(app)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
and the so-called client (scout_client.py):
import base64
import json
try:
from email.generator import _make_boundary as choose_boundary
except ImportError:
from mimetools import choose_boundary
import mimetypes
import os
try:
from urllib.parse import urlencode
except ImportError:
from urllib import urlencode
try:
from urllib.request import Request
from urllib.request import urlopen
except ImportError:
from urllib2 import Request
from urllib2 import urlopen
import zlib
ENDPOINT = None
KEY = None
class Scout(object):
def __init__(self, endpoint=ENDPOINT, key=KEY):
self.endpoint = endpoint.rstrip('/')
self.key = key
def get_full_url(self, url):
return self.endpoint + url
def get_raw(self, url, **kwargs):
headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
if self.key:
headers['key'] = self.key
if kwargs:
if '?' not in url:
url += '?'
url += urlencode(kwargs, True)
request = Request(self.get_full_url(url), headers=headers)
fh = urlopen(request)
return fh.read()
def get(self, url, **kwargs):
return json.loads(self.get_raw(url, **kwargs))
def post(self, url, data=None, files=None):
if files:
return self.post_files(url, data, files)
else:
return self.post_json(url, data)
def post_json(self, url, data=None):
headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
if self.key:
headers['key'] = self.key
data = json.dumps(data or {})
if not isinstance(data, bytes):
data = data.encode('utf-8')
request = Request(self.get_full_url(url), data=data, headers=headers)
return json.loads(urlopen(request).read().decode('utf8'))
def post_files(self, url, json_data, files=None):
if not files or not isinstance(files, dict):
raise ValueError('One or more files is required. Files should be '
'passed as a dictionary of filename: file-like-'
'object.')
boundary = choose_boundary()
form_files = []
for i, (filename, file_obj) in enumerate(files.items()):
try:
data = file_obj.read()
except AttributeError:
data = bytes(file_obj)
mimetype = mimetypes.guess_type(filename)[0]
form_files.append((
'file_%s' % i,
filename,
mimetype or 'application/octet-stream',
data))
part_boundary = '--' + boundary
parts = [
part_boundary,
'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="data"',
'',
json.dumps(json_data)]
for field_name, filename, mimetype, data in form_files:
parts.extend((
part_boundary,
'Content-Disposition: file; name="%s"; filename="%s"' % (
field_name, filename),
'Content-Type: %s' % mimetype,
'',
data))
parts.append('--' + boundary + '--')
parts.append('')
headers = {'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data; boundary=%s' %
boundary}
if self.key:
headers['key'] = self.key
data = '\r\n'.join(parts)
if not isinstance(data, bytes):
data = data.encode('utf-8')
request = Request(self.get_full_url(url), data=data, headers=headers)
return json.loads(urlopen(request).read())
def delete(self, url):
headers = {}
if self.key:
headers['key'] = self.key
request = Request(self.get_full_url(url), headers=headers)
request.get_method = lambda: 'DELETE'
fh = urlopen(request)
return json.loads(fh.read())
def get_indexes(self, **kwargs):
return self.get('/', **kwargs)['indexes']
def create_index(self, name):
return self.post('/', {'name': name})
def rename_index(self, old_name, new_name):
return self.post('/%s/' % old_name, {'name': new_name})
def delete_index(self, name):
return self.delete('/%s/' % name)
def get_index(self, name, **kwargs):
return self.get('/%s/' % name, **kwargs)
def get_documents(self, **kwargs):
return self.get('/documents/', **kwargs)
def create_document(self, content, indexes, identifier=None,
attachments=None, **metadata):
if not isinstance(indexes, (list, tuple)):
indexes = [indexes]
post_data = {
'content': content,
'identifier': identifier,
'indexes': indexes,
'metadata': metadata}
return self.post('/documents/', post_data, attachments)
def update_document(self, document_id=None, content=None, indexes=None,
metadata=None, identifier=None, attachments=None):
if not document_id and not identifier:
raise ValueError('`document_id` must be provided.')
data = {}
if content is not None:
data['content'] = content
if indexes is not None:
if not isinstance(indexes, (list, tuple)):
indexes = [indexes]
data['indexes'] = indexes
if metadata is not None:
data['metadata'] = metadata
if not data and not attachments:
raise ValueError('Nothing to update.')
return self.post('/documents/%s/' % document_id, data, attachments)
def delete_document(self, document_id=None):
if not document_id:
raise ValueError('`document_id` must be provided.')
return self.delete('/documents/%s/' % document_id)
def get_document(self, document_id=None):
if not document_id:
raise ValueError('`document_id` must be provided.')
return self.get('/documents/%s/' % document_id)
def attach_files(self, document_id, attachments):
return self.post_files('/documents/%s/attachments/' % document_id,
{}, attachments)
def detach_file(self, document_id, filename):
return self.delete('/documents/%s/attachments/%s/' %
(document_id, filename))
def update_file(self, document_id, filename, file_object):
return self.post_files('/documents/%s/attachments/%s/' %
(document_id, filename),
{}, {filename: file_object})
def get_attachments(self, document_id, **kwargs):
return self.get('/documents/%s/attachments/' % document_id, **kwargs)
def get_attachment(self, document_id, filename):
return self.get('/documents/%s/attachments/%s/' %
(document_id, filename))
def download_attachment(self, document_id, filename):
return self.get_raw('/documents/%s/attachments/%s/download/' %
(document_id, filename))
def search_attachments(self, **kwargs):
return self.get('/documents/attachments/', **kwargs)
class SearchProvider(object):
def content(self, obj):
raise NotImplementedError
def identifier(self, obj):
raise NotImplementedError
def metadata(self, obj):
raise NotImplementedError
class SearchSite(object):
def __init__(self, client, index):
self.client = client
self.index = index
self.registry = {}
def register(self, model_class, search_provider):
self.registry.setdefault(model_class, [])
self.registry[model_class].append(search_provider())
def unregister(self, model_class, search_provider=None):
if search_provider is None:
self.registry.pop(model_class, None)
elif model_class in self.registry:
self.registry[model_class] = [
sp for sp in self.registry[model_class]
if not isinstance(sp, search_provider)]
def store(self, obj):
if type(obj) not in self.registry:
return False
for provider in self.registry[type(obj)]:
content = provider.content(obj)
try:
metadata = provider.metadata(obj)
except NotImplementedError:
metadata = {}
try:
identifier = provider.identifier(obj)
except NotImplementedError:
pass
else:
metadata['identifier'] = identifier
self.client.create_document(content, self.index, **metadata)
return True
def remove(self, obj):
if type(obj) not in self.registry:
return False
for provider in self.registry[type(obj)]:
self.client.delete_document(provider.identifier(obj))
return True
Finally the Documentation for Scout:
https://scout.readthedocs.io/en/latest/server.html#index-detail-index-name
https://charlesleifer.com/blog/meet-scout-a-search-server-powered-by-sqlite/
Any Detailed Help is much appreciated:)

So i find a lib called scout and...got it to work!
from scout_client import Scout
# import libraries to help read and create PDF
import PyPDF2
from fpdf import FPDF
import base64
import os
from flask import Flask, jsonify, request, render_template, json
client = Scout('http://localhost:8000')
for k in range(7,18):
read_pdf = PyPDF2.PdfFileReader("books/%s.pdf"%(k))
num = read_pdf.getNumPages()
print ("PDF pages:", num)
all_pages = []
for page in range(num):
data = read_pdf.getPage(page)
page_text = data.extractText()
all_pages.append(page_text)
import requests
for z in all_pages:
url = 'http://localhost:8000/documents/'
data = {'content': z, 'indexes': ['test13']}
headers = {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
}
response = requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=headers)
print(response)
I can now loop though as many PDF's as I want locally
Post to the server for indexing
and search for keywords
Now I just need help with Making a basic front end with a search bar that calls data from a JSON response in python and flask.

keep-alive messages not being sent when using python request module

I am observing that with python requests module, HTTP keep-alive is not being honored.
I dont see Acks for keep-alive being sent from the host where i am running the python script.
Please let me know how it can be fixed.Following is my code:
import json
import requests
import logging
import sys
import time
from threading import Thread
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
class NSNitro:
def __init__(self,*args):
if len(args) > 2:
self.ip = args[0]
self.username = args[1]
self.password = args[2]
self.session_id = None
url = 'http://'+self.ip+'/nitro/v1/config/login'
payload = { "login": { "username":"nsroot", "password":"nsroot" }}
headers = {"Content-type": "application/json", 'Connection': 'keep-alive'}
try:
r = requests.post(url=url,headers=headers,data=json.dumps(payload),timeout=5)
logging.info(r.json()["sessionid"])
if(r.json()["sessionid"] != None):
self.session_id = r.json()["sessionid"]
except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
logging.critical("Some error occurred during connection")
else:
logging.error("Not sufficient parameters provided.Required : ipaddress , username , password")
def install_build(self,build_url):
url = 'http://ip/nitro/v1/config/install'
headers = {"Content-type": "application/json","Connection": "keep-alive"}
payload = {"install": {"url": build_url}}
try:
cookie = {"NITRO_AUTH_TOKEN": self.session_id}
r = requests.post(timeout=5, url=url, data=json.dumps(payload), headers=headers,cookies=cookie)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
print("Connection Error occurred")
raise '''this will give details of exception'''
else:
assert r.status_code == 201, "Status code seen: " + str(r.status_code) + "\n" + "Error message from system: " + \
r.json()["message"]
print("Successfully triggered job on device to install build")
def __del__(self):
logging.debug("Deleted the object")
if __name__ == '__main__':
ns_session = NSNitro(ip,username,password)
url_i = 'https://myupload-server.net/build-13.0-480.16.tgz'
t1 = Thread(target=ns_session.install_build,args=(url_i,))
t1.start()
''' while t1.is_alive():
t2 = Thread(target=ns_session.get_installed_version,)
t2.start()
t2.join()'''
time.sleep(100)
logging.info("Install thread completed")
t1.join()
ns_session.logout()
When the request is posted using curl command, the acks are sent in specified keep-alive intervals. Without ack being sent , server is resetting the connection.

JMS server can't recognize message.body and raise an exception: "Protocol message contained an invalid tag (zero)." It works fine with Stomp protocol

Request from python-qpid-proton client to JMS server through ActiveMQ.
message.body contains a Protobuf.
JMS server can't recognize message.body and raise an exception: "Protocol message contained an invalid tag (zero)."
It works fine with Stomp protocol (but it's another story).
code:
import sys
import socket
import uuid
from time import time
from proton import Message
from proton.handlers import MessagingHandler
from proton.reactor import Container
from proto import common
def make_message(message_body):
message = Message()
message.body = message_body
message.correlation_id = 1
message.properties = {
'type': 'ru.messages.CommonProtos$LoginRequest',
'content-length': len(message_body),
'messageId': str(uuid.uuid4()),
'errorMsg': '',
'timestamp': str(int(time())),
'user': 'vasja'
}
return message
def make_login_message():
login_request = common.LoginRequest()
login_request.ip.append(socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname()))
login_request.username = "vasja"
login_request.password = "123"
login_request.clientVersion = "1.1.1"
login_request.subscriber = "test"
login_request.clientTime = int(time())
login_request.pkName = "test"
login_request.hostName = "vasja"
return make_message(login_request.SerializeToString())
class AMQPClient(MessagingHandler):
def __init__(self, server, request, receive=None):
super(AMQPClient, self).__init__()
self.server = server
self.request = request
self.receive = (
request + "receive") if receive is None else (request + receive)
def on_start(self, event):
conn = event.container.connect(self.server)
event.container.create_receiver(conn, self.receive)
event.container.create_sender(conn, self.request)
def on_sendable(self, event):
message = make_login_message()
event.sender.send(message)
event.sender.close()
def on_message(self, event):
print(event.message.body)
event.connection.close()
def main():
Container(AMQPClient(server="192.168.77.100:5672", request="test")).run()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()

Stomp Consumer using deferred.inlinecallback

I am implementing stomp consumer as a library. By calling this library in other application i should be able to get the data in ActiveMQ. I am implementing it as below, but I have a problem in returning the frame.body. I am not able to retrieve the data from outside the class.
from twisted.internet import defer
from stompest.async import Stomp
from stompest.async.listener import SubscriptionListener
from stompest.config import StompConfig
from socket import gethostname
from uuid import uuid1
import json
class Consumer(object):
def __init__(self, amq_uri):
self.amq_uri = amq_uri
self.hostname = gethostname()
self.config = StompConfig(uri=self.amq_uri)
#defer.inlineCallbacks
def run(self, in_queue):
client = yield Stomp(self.config)
headers = {
StompSpec.ACK_HEADER: StompSpec.ACK_CLIENT_INDIVIDUAL,
StompSpec.ID_HEADER: self.hostname,
'activemq.prefetchSize': '1000',
}
yield client.connect(headers=self._return_client_id())
client.subscribe(
in_queue,
headers,
listener=SubscriptionListener(self.consume)
)
try:
client = yield client.disconnected
except StompConnectionError:
yield client.connect(headers=self._return_client_id())
client.subscribe(
in_queue,
headers,
listener=SubscriptionListener(self.consume)
)
while True:
try:
yield client.disconnected
except StompProtocolError:
pass
except StompConnectionError:
yield client.connect(headers=self._return_client_id())
client.subscribe(
in_queue,
headers,
listener=SubscriptionListener(self.consume)
)
def _return_client_id(self):
client_id = {}
client_id['client-id'] = gethostname() + '-' + str(uuid1())
return client_id
def consume(self, client, frame):
data = json.loads(frame.body)
print 'Received Message Type {}'.format(type(data))
print 'Received Message {}'.format(data)
## I want to return data here. I am able to print the frame.body here.
# Call from another application
import Queue
from twisted.internet import reactor
amq_uri = 'tcp://localhost:61613'
in_queue = '/queue/test_queue'
c = Consumer(amq_uri)
c.run(in_queue)
print "data is from outside function", data # Should be able to get the data which is returned by consume here
reactor.run()
Can someone please let me know how can i achieve this.
Thanks

I found a solution to my problem. Instead of using async stomp library, i used sync stomp library. Implemented it as below,
class Consumer(object):
def __init__(self, amq_uri):
self.amq_uri = amq_uri
self.hostname = gethostname()
self.config = StompConfig(uri=self.amq_uri)
def run(self, in_queue, return_dict):
client = Stomp(self.config)
headers = {
StompSpec.ACK_HEADER: StompSpec.ACK_CLIENT_INDIVIDUAL,
StompSpec.ID_HEADER: self.hostname
}
client.connect()
client.subscribe(in_queue, headers)
try:
frame = client.receiveFrame()
data = json.dumps(frame.body)
except Exception as exc:
print exc
client.ack(frame)
client.disconnect()
return_dict['data'] = data
return data

Python script to harvest tweets to a MongoDb works with users but not hashtags. Any ideas why not?

I'm playing around the Twitter API and am in the process of developing a script to pull all Tweets with a certain hashtag down to a local mongoDB. I have it working fine when I'm downloading tweets from users, but when downloading tweets from a hashtag I get:
return loads(fp.read(),
AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'read'
Can anyone offer their infinite wisdom into how I could get this script to work?
To run, save it as a .py file, cd to the folder and run:
python twitter.py
Code:
__author__ = 'Tom Cusack'
import pymongo
import oauth2 as oauth
import urllib2, json
import sys, argparse, time
def oauth_header(url, consumer, token):
params = {'oauth_version': '1.0',
'oauth_nonce': oauth.generate_nonce(),
'oauth_timestamp': int(time.time()),
}
req = oauth.Request(method = 'GET',url = url, parameters = params)
req.sign_request(oauth.SignatureMethod_HMAC_SHA1(),consumer, token)
return req.to_header()['Authorization'].encode('utf-8')
def main():
### Twitter Settings
numtweets = '32000'
verbose = 'store_true'
retweet = 'store_false'
CONSUMER_KEY = 'M7Xu9Wte0eIZvqhb4G9HnIn3G'
CONSUMER_SECRET = 'c8hB4Qwps2aODQUx7UsyzQuCRifEp3PKu6hPQll8wnJGIhbKgZ'
ACCESS_TOKEN = '3213221313-APuXuNjVMbRbZpu6sVbETbgqkponGsZJVT53QmG'
ACCESS_SECRET = 'BJHrqWC9ed3pA5oDstSMCYcUcz2pYF3DmJ7jcuDe7yxvi'
base_url = url = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/search/tweets.json?include_entities=true&count=200&q=#mongodb&include_rts=%s' % (retweet)
oauth_consumer = oauth.Consumer(key = CONSUMER_KEY, secret = CONSUMER_SECRET)
oauth_token = oauth.Token(key = ACCESS_TOKEN, secret = ACCESS_SECRET)
### Mongodb Settings
uri = 'mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/SARKY'
if uri != None:
try:
conn = pymongo.MongoClient(uri)
print 'Pulling Tweets..'
except:
print 'Error: Unable to connect to DB. Check uri variable.'
return
uri_parts = pymongo.uri_parser.parse_uri(uri)
db = conn[uri_parts['database']]
db['twitter-harvest'].ensure_index('id_str')
### Helper Variables for Harvest
max_id = -1
tweet_count = 0
stream = 0
### Begin Harvesting
while True:
auth = oauth_header(url, oauth_consumer, oauth_token)
headers = {"Authorization": auth}
request = urllib2.Request(url, headers = headers)
try:
stream = urllib2.urlopen(request)
except urllib2.HTTPError, err:
if err.code == 404:
print 'Error: Unknown user. Check --user arg'
return
if err.code == 401:
print 'Error: Unauthorized. Check Twitter credentials'
return
tweet_list = json.load(stream)
if len(tweet_list) == 0:
print 'No tweets to harvest!'
return
if 'errors' in tweet_list:
print 'Hit rate limit, code: %s, message: %s' % (tweets['errors']['code'], tweets['errors']['message'])
return
if max_id == -1:
tweets = tweet_list
else:
tweets = tweet_list[1:]
if len(tweets) == 0:
print 'Finished Harvest!'
return
for tweet in tweets:
max_id = id_str = tweet['id_str']
try:
if tweet_count == numtweets:
print 'Finished Harvest- hit numtweets!'
return
if uri != None:
db[user].update({'id_str':id_str},tweet,upsert = True)
else:
print tweet['text']
tweet_count+=1
if verbose == True and uri != None:
print tweet['text']
except Exception, err:
print 'Unexpected error encountered: %s' %(err)
return
url = base_url + '&max_id=' + max_id
if __name__ == '__main__':
try:
main()
except SystemExit as e:
if e.code == 0:
pass

You initially set stream = 0. When your try...except block catches a HTTP response with a code that isn't 404 or 401, stream is still equal to 0, but your except block doesn't break out of the function.
I'd look more closely at what this response says.