Unfollow twitter accounts that have not tweeted for X days.

unfollow.py

import tweepy
import datetime

NO_ACTIVITY_FOR = 30
UNFOLLOW_COUNTER = 0
PROCESSED_USERS = 0

# get these at: https://developer.twitter.com/en/apps
access_token = ""
access_token_secret = ""
consumer_key = ""
consumer_secret = ""

auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
api = tweepy.API(auth)
my_id = api.me().id
today = datetime.datetime.now()
print(f"Your twitter name: {api.me().name}")


def days_since_last_tweet(id_):
    try:
        tweet = api.user_timeline(id_, count=1)[0]
        last_tweet_datetime = tweet.created_at
        user = api.get_user(id_).name

        days_since_last_tweet = today - last_tweet_datetime
        days_since_last_tweet = days_since_last_tweet.days

        # print(f"User: {user}")
        # print(f"Tweet: {tweet.text[0:100]}")
        # print(f"Tweet datetime: {last_tweet_datetime}")
        # print(f"Days passed: {days_since_last_tweet}")
        return days_since_last_tweet

    except Exception as e:
        print(str(e))
        return 0


def unfollow_user(id_):
    user = api.get_user(id_).name
    print(f"Unfollowing: {user}..")
    api.destroy_friendship(id_)
    print("Done.")


for id_ in api.friends_ids(my_id):
    PROCESSED_USERS += 1
    if days_since_last_tweet(id_) > NO_ACTIVITY_FOR:
        unfollow_user(id_)
        UNFOLLOW_COUNTER += 1
        print(f"Unfollowed users: {UNFOLLOW_COUNTER}")

    print(f"Processed users: {PROCESSED_USERS}")