followers_ids.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""

Get user_ids for followers of a particular account:

    % ./followers_ids.py jack > ids.txt
    
"""

import sys
import time
import tweepy

from os import environ as e

if len(sys.argv) != 2:
    print "usage: followers_ids.py [screen_name]"
    sys.exit(1)

screen_name = sys.argv[1]

auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(e['CONSUMER_KEY'], e['CONSUMER_SECRET'])
auth.set_access_token(e['ACCESS_TOKEN'], e['ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET'])

t = tweepy.API(auth, wait_on_rate_limit=True)
c = tweepy.Cursor(
    t.followers_ids,
    screen_name=screen_name,
    count=5000
)

finished = False
while not finished:
    try:
        for id in c.items():
            print id
        finished = True
    except tweepy.TweepError as e:
        sys.stderr.write("caught %s\n" % e)
        time.sleep(10)