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Add custom functions to a Google sheet to pull user info directly from Twitter REST API
// Based on script by @SarahMarshall here:
// http://sarahmarshall.io/post/70812214349/how-to-add-twitter-follower-counts-to-a-google
var id = '@username'; // Replace with your username, then delete this line after running script 1st time
var CONSUMER_KEY = 'INSERT CONSUMER KEY'; // Create an application at https://dev.twitter.com
var CONSUMER_SECRET = 'INSERT CONSUMER SECRET'; // Create an application at https://dev.twitter.com
function getTwitterUserFollowers(id) {
// Encode consumer key and secret
var tokenUrl = "https://api.twitter.com/oauth2/token";
var tokenCredential = Utilities.base64EncodeWebSafe(
CONSUMER_KEY + ":" + CONSUMER_SECRET);
// Obtain a bearer token with HTTP POST request
var tokenOptions = {
headers : {
Authorization: "Basic " + tokenCredential,
"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8"
},
method: "post",
payload: "grant_type=client_credentials"
};
var responseToken = UrlFetchApp.fetch(tokenUrl, tokenOptions);
var parsedToken = JSON.parse(responseToken);
var token = parsedToken.access_token;
// Authenticate Twitter API requests with the bearer token
var apiUrl = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/users/show.json?screen_name='+id;
var apiOptions = {
headers : {
Authorization: 'Bearer ' + token
},
"method" : "get"
};
var responseApi = UrlFetchApp.fetch(apiUrl, apiOptions);
var result = "";
if (responseApi.getResponseCode() == 200) {
// Parse the JSON encoded Twitter API response
var tweets = JSON.parse(responseApi.getContentText());
return tweets.followers_count
}
Logger.log(result);
}
//Get count of tweets by user
function getTwitterUserTweetCount(id) {
// Encode consumer key and secret
var tokenUrl = "https://api.twitter.com/oauth2/token";
var tokenCredential = Utilities.base64EncodeWebSafe(
CONSUMER_KEY + ":" + CONSUMER_SECRET);
// Obtain a bearer token with HTTP POST request
var tokenOptions = {
headers : {
Authorization: "Basic " + tokenCredential,
"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8"
},
method: "post",
payload: "grant_type=client_credentials"
};
var responseToken = UrlFetchApp.fetch(tokenUrl, tokenOptions);
var parsedToken = JSON.parse(responseToken);
var token = parsedToken.access_token;
// Authenticate Twitter API requests with the bearer token
var apiUrl = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/users/show.json?screen_name='+id;
var apiOptions = {
headers : {
Authorization: 'Bearer ' + token
},
"method" : "get"
};
var responseApi = UrlFetchApp.fetch(apiUrl, apiOptions);
var result = "";
if (responseApi.getResponseCode() == 200) {
// Parse the JSON encoded Twitter API response
var tweets = JSON.parse(responseApi.getContentText());
return tweets.statuses_count
}
Logger.log(result);
}
//Get verified status
function getTwitterUserVerified(id) {
// Encode consumer key and secret
var tokenUrl = "https://api.twitter.com/oauth2/token";
var tokenCredential = Utilities.base64EncodeWebSafe(
CONSUMER_KEY + ":" + CONSUMER_SECRET);
// Obtain a bearer token with HTTP POST request
var tokenOptions = {
headers : {
Authorization: "Basic " + tokenCredential,
"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8"
},
method: "post",
payload: "grant_type=client_credentials"
};
var responseToken = UrlFetchApp.fetch(tokenUrl, tokenOptions);
var parsedToken = JSON.parse(responseToken);
var token = parsedToken.access_token;
// Authenticate Twitter API requests with the bearer token
var apiUrl = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/users/show.json?screen_name='+id;
var apiOptions = {
headers : {
Authorization: 'Bearer ' + token
},
"method" : "get"
};
var responseApi = UrlFetchApp.fetch(apiUrl, apiOptions);
var result = "";
if (responseApi.getResponseCode() == 200) {
// Parse the JSON encoded Twitter API response
var tweets = JSON.parse(responseApi.getContentText());
return tweets.verified
}
Logger.log(result);
}
//Get user profile image
function getTwitterUserProfileImage(id) {
// Encode consumer key and secret
var tokenUrl = "https://api.twitter.com/oauth2/token";
var tokenCredential = Utilities.base64EncodeWebSafe(
CONSUMER_KEY + ":" + CONSUMER_SECRET);
// Obtain a bearer token with HTTP POST request
var tokenOptions = {
headers : {
Authorization: "Basic " + tokenCredential,
"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8"
},
method: "post",
payload: "grant_type=client_credentials"
};
var responseToken = UrlFetchApp.fetch(tokenUrl, tokenOptions);
var parsedToken = JSON.parse(responseToken);
var token = parsedToken.access_token;
// Authenticate Twitter API requests with the bearer token
var apiUrl = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/users/show.json?screen_name='+id;
var apiOptions = {
headers : {
Authorization: 'Bearer ' + token
},
"method" : "get"
};
var responseApi = UrlFetchApp.fetch(apiUrl, apiOptions);
var result = "";
if (responseApi.getResponseCode() == 200) {
// Parse the JSON encoded Twitter API response
var tweets = JSON.parse(responseApi.getContentText());
return tweets.profile_image_url_https
}
Logger.log(result);
}
// Get count of tweets for a user since a date
// https://api.twitter.com/1.1/search/tweets.json?q=from%3Aphiladelphiagov&src=typd+since:2016-10-1
function getTwitterUserTweetCount(id) {
// Encode consumer key and secret
var tokenUrl = "https://api.twitter.com/oauth2/token";
var tokenCredential = Utilities.base64EncodeWebSafe(
CONSUMER_KEY + ":" + CONSUMER_SECRET);
// Obtain a bearer token with HTTP POST request
var tokenOptions = {
headers : {
Authorization: "Basic " + tokenCredential,
"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8"
},
method: "post",
payload: "grant_type=client_credentials"
};
var responseToken = UrlFetchApp.fetch(tokenUrl, tokenOptions);
var parsedToken = JSON.parse(responseToken);
var token = parsedToken.access_token;
// Authenticate Twitter API requests with the bearer token
var apiUrl = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/search/tweets.json?q=from%3Aphiladelphiagov&src=typd+since:2016-10-1'
var apiOptions = {
headers : {
Authorization: 'Bearer ' + token
},
"method" : "get"
};
var responseApi = UrlFetchApp.fetch(apiUrl, apiOptions);
var result = "";
if (responseApi.getResponseCode() == 200) {
// Parse the JSON encoded Twitter API response
var tweets = JSON.parse(responseApi.getContentText());
return tweets.profile_image_url_https
}
Logger.log(result);
}
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laurenancona commented Oct 27, 2016

Adds 4 custom functions to a Google sheet where id = a Twitter handle in format:
@Twitter

getTwitterUserFollowers(id) Returns # of followers for the given id
getTwitterUserTweetCount(id) Returns total # of tweets for the given id
getTwitterUserProfileImage(id) Returns url of profile image for the given id
getTwitterUserVerified(id) Returns verified status (boolean) for the given id

Example gSheet

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