Follow Friday

ff.py

import json
import os

from collections import Counter
# pip install TwitterAPI
from TwitterAPI import TwitterAPI

# Edit ff.py for your account. Go to https://apps.twitter.com/ to get API keys
# Don't forget to fill in your  screen name (or someone else's).

CONSUMER_KEY = os.environ.get('TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY')
CONSUMER_SECRET = os.environ.get('TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET')
ACCESS_TOKEN = os.environ.get('TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN')
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = os.environ.get('TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET')

USER = 'avyfain'

# adjust according to desired timeframe
# I have it starting from 12/31/2021
YEAR_AGO = 1477067041794400257


def main():
    api = TwitterAPI(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET, ACCESS_TOKEN, ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)

    newest = None
    counter = Counter()

    while True:
        if newest and int(newest) < YEAR_AGO:
            break

        favs_raw = api.request('favorites/list',
                               {'screen_name': USER,
                                'count': 200,
                                'since_id': YEAR_AGO,
                                'max_id': newest,
                                'include_entities': False})
        favs = json.loads(favs_raw.response.text)

        if len(favs) == 0:
            break

        newest = favs[-1]["id"] - 1
        friends = [f["user"]["id_str"] for f in favs if not f["in_reply_to_status_id"]]
        counter += Counter(friends)

    top = counter.most_common(20)
    top = [t[0] for t in top]
    friends_raw = api.request('users/lookup', {'user_id': top})
    friends = json.loads(friends_raw.response.text)
    for idx, friend in enumerate(friends):
        print(idx, friend["screen_name"], counter[str(friend['id'])])

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()