Telegram bot that sends you a message when a Twitter handle is available

twitter-handle-bot.py

# Refs:
# - ChatGPT ;)
# - https://medium.com/codex/using-python-to-send-telegram-messages-in-3-simple-steps-419a8b5e5e2

import time

import requests

# First find out your Telegram chat id:
# - create a bot with @BotFather
# - send a message to your bot
# - get the chat id by uncommenting the code below
TOKEN_TELEGRAM = "..."
ID_TELEGRAM_CHAT = "..."
# url_telegram = f"https://api.telegram.org/bot{TOKEN_TELEGRAM}/getUpdates"
# print(requests.get(url_telegram).json())


def send_telegram_message(message):
    print(f"Sending Telegram message: {message}")
    requests.get(
        f"https://api.telegram.org/bot{TOKEN_TELEGRAM}/sendMessage?chat_id={ID_TELEGRAM_CHAT}&text={message}")


usernames = ["handle1", "handle2"]

url_base = "https://twitter.com/i/api/i/users/username_available.json"
params_base = {"full_name": "Your Twitter full name", "suggest": "false"}
# How to get your request headers:
# - Navigate to twitter.com -> Settings -> Your account -> Change username
# - Open Chrome's network tab and clean
# - type a new username, a request should appear, copy the three headers below
headers = {
    "authorization": "...",
    "cookie": '...',
    "x-csrf-token": "...",
}


def check():
    for username in usernames:
        params = {**params_base, "username": username}
        response = requests.get(url_base, headers=headers, params=params)

        if (response.status_code != 200):
            send_telegram_message(
                f"Error: {response.status_code}, stopping the script.")
            return True

        if response.json()["valid"]:
            send_telegram_message(f"Username {username} is available!")
            usernames.remove(username)
            break

    return False


i = 0
while len(usernames) > 0:
    stop = check()
    if stop:
        break
    i = i + 1
    if i % 60 == 0:
        print(f"Checked {i} times")
    time.sleep(60)