disable_rts.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require "rubygems"
require "twitter"

require './mattly'

TWITTER_USER = Mattly.user
client = Mattly.client

following_ids = client.friend_ids(TWITTER_USER).to_a

puts "🙉"

following_ids.each do |id|
  begin
    puts "Disabling RTs from your pal #{client.user(id).screen_name}"
    client.friendship_update(client.user(id), {:retweets => false})
  rescue Twitter::Error::TooManyRequests => error
    puts "Got an error, probably rate-limiting... waiting #{error.rate_limit.reset_in} seconds to try again"
    sleep(error.rate_limit.reset_in)
    retry
  end
end

puts "Done!"

mattly.rb

module Mattly
  # things you must configure
  def self.user
    "mattly"
  end

  # get these from dev.twitter.com
  CONSUMER_KEY = "---YOUR KEY GOES HERE---"
  CONSUMER_SECRET = "---YOUR SECRET GOES HERE---"
  OAUTH_TOKEN = "---YOUR KEY GOES HERE---"
  OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET = "---YOUR SECRET GOES HERE---"

  def self.client
    Twitter::REST::Client.new do |config|
      config.consumer_key        = CONSUMER_KEY
      config.consumer_secret     = CONSUMER_SECRET
      config.access_token        = OAUTH_TOKEN
      config.access_token_secret = OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET
    end
  end
end