Python script to count number of users on btctalk thread

btcTalkThreadUserCount.py

import requests as req


# URL of the first page of target BTCtalk thread
targetURL = "https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=788916.0"

# List variables used for collecting information
masterList = []
tempList = []
oldTempList = []

# While loop that keeps querying thread until reaches repeat of users
while True:
    try:
        print(targetURL)
        r = req.get(targetURL)
        textList = r.text.split('\n')
        for line in textList:
            if "View the profile of" in line:
                # print(line)
                user = line.split('View the profile of ')[1].split('">')[0]
                # print(userName)
                if not user.isdigit():
                    tempList.append(user)
        if tempList != oldTempList:
            for i in tempList:
                masterList.append(i)
        else: 
            break
            
    except:
        break
    # Increment the URL to next 20 posts
    listURL = targetURL.split('.')
    listURL[3] = str(int(listURL[3])+20)
    targetURL = '.'.join(listURL)
    # Set oldTempList to templist, so if they're equal break loop
    oldTempList = tempList
    tempList = []

# Create sorted set of unique entries in masterList    
setList = sorted(set(masterList))

# Create list of people that posted more than once and ten times
doubleList = []
tenList = []
for i in setList:
    # print(i, rawList.count(i))
    if masterList.count(i) > 1:
        doubleList.append(i)
    if masterList.count(i) > 9:
        tenList.append(i)
        
# Write data to file
f = open("userStats.txt", 'w')
f.write('{0:30s} {1:5d}\n'.format("Total number of posts: ", len(masterList)))
f.write('{0:30s} {1:5d}\n'.format("Total number of unique posters: ", len(setList)))
f.write('{0:30s} {1:5d}\n'.format("Total number of posters more than once: ", len(doubleList)))
f.write('{0:30s} {1:5d}\n'.format("Total number of posters at least 10x: ", len(tenList)))
f.write('{0:20s} {1:15s}\n'.format('Username',   'number of posts'))
for i in setList:
    f.write('{0:20s} {1:5d}\n'.format(i, masterList.count(i)))
f.close()
print("Done")