unlike.py

# unlike.py
# Delete all likes from your Twitter account
# Requires a list of tweet IDs that you should be able to get from your Twitter data backup

from time import sleep
from timeit import default_timer as timer
import requests_oauthlib # install through pip
import pdb
import logging
import json

logging.basicConfig(filename='unlike.log', format='%(asctime)s:%(levelname)s:%(message)s', level=logging.INFO)

# Get API keys from https://developer.twitter.com/en/apps
# Requires some sort of verification, I've got a few grandfathered apps so your mileage may vary

session = requests_oauthlib.OAuth1Session(
    "api key",
    "api secret",
    "access token",
    "access token secret",
)

ids = open("ids.txt", "r")
last_post_request = timer()

for id in ids:
    current_id = id.rstrip()
    while True:
        print(current_id, end="... ")

        tweet = session.get(f"https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/show.json?id={current_id}&include_entities=false&trim_user=true")
        try:
            error_code = json.loads(tweet.text)['errors'][0]['code']
            if error_code == 179 or error_code == 63 or error_code == 34 or error_code == 144:
                print("private")
                logging.info(f"{current_id}: private")
                sleep(1.3)
                break
        except KeyError:
            pass
        if tweet.json()['favorited'] is False:
            print("not favorited")
            logging.info(f"{current_id}: not favorited")
            sleep(1.3)
            break

        while timer() - last_post_request < 90:
            sleep(1)
        r = session.post(
            f"https://api.twitter.com/1.1/favorites/destroy.json?id={current_id}&include_entities=false",
        )
        last_post_request = timer()

        if r.status_code == 200 or r.status_code == 304 or r.status_code == 404:
            print(r.reason)
            logging.info(f"{current_id}: {r.reason}")
            break
        else:
            if r.status_code == 420:
                logging.warning(f"{current_id}: enhancing calm")
                sleep(300)