mass_unfollow_twitter.py

mass_unfollow_twitter.py

#! /usr/bin/python3
import tweepy
import time


def limit_handled(cursor):
    while True:
        try:
            yield next(cursor)
        except tweepy.errors.TooManyRequests as e:
            print(e)
            time.sleep(15 * 60)

SCREEN_NAME = ""
CONSUMER_KEY = ""
CONSUMER_SECRET = ""
ACCESS_TOKEN = ""
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = ""

auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_TOKEN, ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)
api = tweepy.API(auth, wait_on_rate_limit=True)

# test authentication
try:
    api.verify_credentials()
    print("Authentication OK")
except:
    print("Error during authentication")

def get_twitter_followers(retry = 3):
    followers = None
    retry = retry - 1
    if retry == 0:
        return followers
    try:
        followers = api.get_follower_ids()
        return followers
    except tweepy.errors.TooManyRequests as e:
        print(e)
        time.sleep(15 * 60)
        followers = get_twitter_followers(retry-1)

def get_twitter_following(retry = 3):
    following = None
    retry = retry - 1
    if retry == 0:
        return following
    try:
        following = api.get_friend_ids()
        return following
    except tweepy.errors.TooManyRequests as e:
        print(e)
        time.sleep(15 * 60)
        following = get_twitter_following(retry-1)

followers = get_twitter_followers(10)
following = get_twitter_following(10)

print(f"Total followers before {len(followers)}")
print(f"Total following before {len(following)}")
print("Staring mass unfollow operations..")

for follow in following:
    if follow not in followers:
        try:
            user = api.get_user(user_id=follow)
            # print(user)
            print(f"User id {user.screen_name} is not following you back. Unfollowing...")
            api.destroy_friendship(user_id=follow)
        except tweepy.errors.TooManyRequests as e:
            print(e)
            time.sleep(15*60)


followers = get_twitter_followers(10)
following = get_twitter_following(10)
print(f"Total followers now {len(followers)}")
print(f"Total following now {len(following)}")