Saves all your twitter lists as CSV files. #python #twitter

save_twitter_lists.py

# Save Twitter Lists

# Requirements :
# Python 3 (tested with Python 3.7)
# python-twitter (https://github.com/bear/python-twitter)
#    $ pip install python-twitter

# You’ll need to create a Twitter app:
# https://python-twitter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started.html#create-your-app

# By Joachim Robert
# http://github.com/joachimesque
# Shared under the WTFPL - Do What the Fuck You Want to Public License

import os
import twitter

TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY="your twitter consumer_key"
TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET="your twitter consumer_secret"
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN="your twitter access_token_key"
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET="your twitter access_token_secret"

# create dir
dirName = 'lists'
if not os.path.exists(dirName):
    os.makedirs(dirName)

# create the API object
api = twitter.Api(consumer_key=TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY,
                  consumer_secret=TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET,
                  access_token_key=TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN,
                  access_token_secret=TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)

# get the lists
listsObject = api.GetListsList()

# make a CSV file for all lists
print('writing CSV file with lists info')
listsFile = open('%s/all_lists.csv' % dirName, 'w+')
listsFile.write('id,slug,name,member_count,full_name,description,user.screen_name\n')
for l in listsObject:
  listInfo = (str(l.id),
    l.slug,
    l.name,
    str(l.member_count),
    '"%s"' % l.full_name,
    '"%s"' % l.description,
    '@' + l.user.screen_name)
  listsFile.write(','.join(listInfo) + "\n")
listsFile.close()

# for each list…
for l in listsObject:
  # …get its members
  members = api.GetListMembers(list_id=l.id)

  print('writing list @%s/%s: %s members' % (l.user.screen_name, l.slug, len(members)))

  # …define the filename and open it for writing
  fileName = "%s/list_%s-%s.csv" % (dirName, l.user.screen_name, l.slug)
  listFile = open(fileName, 'w+')
  listFile.write('id,screen_name,name,url\n')

  for member in members:
    # …define the content to be written
    memberInfo= (member.id_str,
                 '@' + member.screen_name,
                 '"%s"' % member.name,
                 member.url if member.url else '')
    # …write it
    listFile.write(','.join(memberInfo) + "\n")
  # …and close the file.
  listFile.close()