Gets the amount of followers/follows a Pleroma user has

get_followers.py

#!/usr/bin/python

# Gets the amount of followers a Pleroma user has.
# Also works to get the amount the user follows.

import json
import requests
import sys


def get_followers(url):
    headers = {'Accept': 'application/activity+json'}
    r = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
    items = []

    loaded_j = json.loads(r.text)
    total_items = loaded_j["totalItems"]
    next = loaded_j["first"]["next"]
    n_items = loaded_j["first"]["orderedItems"]
    items += n_items
    while (r.status_code == 200 and len(items) < total_items):
        r = requests.get(next, headers=headers)
        loaded_j = json.loads(r.text)
        next = loaded_j["next"]
        n_items = loaded_j["orderedItems"]
        items += n_items

    for item in items:
        print(item)


get_followers(str(sys.argv[1]))

get_followers_masto.py

#!/usr/bin/python

# Gets the amount of followers a Pleroma user has.
# Also works to get the amount the user follows.
# Takes a URL in form https://instan.ce/users/username/followers

import json
import requests
import sys


def get_followers(url):
    headers = {'Accept': 'application/activity+json'}
    r = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
    items = []

    loaded_j = json.loads(r.text)
    total_items = loaded_j["totalItems"]
    next = loaded_j["first"]
    while (r.status_code == 200 and len(items) < total_items):
        r = requests.get(next, headers=headers)
        loaded_j = json.loads(r.text)
        try:
            next = loaded_j["next"]
        except KeyError:
            break
        finally:
            n_items = loaded_j["orderedItems"]
            items += n_items

    for item in items:
        print(item)


get_followers(str(sys.argv[1]))