TwitterNetwork.java

gistfile1.java

package TwitterGraph;

import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;

import twitter4j.Status;
import twitter4j.Twitter;
import twitter4j.TwitterException;
import twitter4j.TwitterFactory;
import twitter4j.User;
import twitter4j.auth.AccessToken;
import twitter4j.json.DataObjectFactory;

public class TwitterNetwork {

	public Twitter twitterInstance = null;
	public Properties properties = null;
	/*
	 * Creates a new instance of twitter client
	 */
	public TwitterNetwork()
	{
		this.properties = new Properties();
		try 
		{
			properties.load(new FileReader("twitter4j.properties"));
			TwitterFactory twitterFactory = new TwitterFactory();
			AccessToken accessToken = new AccessToken(properties.getProperty("oauth.token"), 
					properties.getProperty("oauth.tokenSecret"));
			
			this.twitterInstance = twitterFactory.getInstance(accessToken);
		} 
		
		catch (FileNotFoundException e)
		{
			e.printStackTrace();
		} 
		
		catch (IOException e)
		{
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
	
	
	public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
		TwitterNetwork tn = new TwitterNetwork();
		//tn.GetFriends();
		tn.GetFollowers();
	}
	
	/*
	 * Gets my timeline on twitter...just for kicks..
	 */
	public void GetTimeLine()
	{
		try {
			List<Status> statuses = this.twitterInstance.getFriendsTimeline();
			for (Status status: statuses)
			{
				System.out.println(status.getUser().getName() + "\t" + status.getText());
			}
		} catch (TwitterException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
	
	/*
	 * Get a list of followers
	 */
	public void GetFollowers()
	{
		try {
			long[] longids = this.twitterInstance.getFollowersIDs(-1).getIDs();			
			for (long longid:longids)
			{
				User user = this.twitterInstance.showUser(longid);
				BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("followers/" + longid + "follower.txt"));
				String output = DataObjectFactory.getRawJSON(user);
				writer.write(output + "\n");
				writer.flush();
				writer.close();
			}
		} catch (TwitterException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		}		
	}
	
	public void GetFriends()
	{
		try {
			long[] longids = this.twitterInstance.getFriendsIDs(-1).getIDs();			
			for (long longid:longids)
			{
				User user = this.twitterInstance.showUser(longid);
				BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("friends/" + longid + "friend.txt"));
				String output = DataObjectFactory.getRawJSON(user);
				System.out.println(user.toString());
				writer.write(output + "\n");
				writer.flush();
				writer.close();
			}
		} catch (TwitterException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		}		
	}
}