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Create a twitter list containing your followers or your mutuals, with idempotent `set_list` function
import twitter
api = twitter.Api(consumer_key='consumer_key',
consumer_secret='consumer_secret',
access_token_key='access_token_key',
access_token_secret='access_token_secret')
u = api.VerifyCredentials()
def create_list(name='Untitled', mode='private'):
return api.CreateList(name, mode)
def in_batches_of(n, items, func):
batches = [items[i:i+n] for i in range(0, len(items), n)]
for batch in batches:
func(batch)
def set_list(list_id=None, new_members=set()):
old_members = api.GetListMembers(list_id = list_id)
old_members = set(map(lambda x: x.id, old_members))
to_add = new_members - old_members
to_remove = old_members - new_members
if len(to_add) > 0:
in_batches_of(100, list(to_add), lambda ids: api.CreateListsMember(list_id=list_id, user_id=ids))
if len(to_remove) > 0:
in_batches_of(100, list(to_remove), lambda ids: api.DestroyListsMember(list_id=list_id, user_id=ids))
def create_list_of_my_followers(mode="private"):
following_me_list = create_list("Following Me", mode=mode)
my_followers = set(api.GetFollowerIDs())
set_list(list_id=following_me_list.id, new_members=my_followers)
def create_list_of_my_mutuals(mode="private"):
new_twitter_list = create_list("My Mutuals", mode=mode)
my_followers = set(api.GetFollowerIDs())
people_i_follow = set(api.GetFriendIDs())
set_list(list_id=new_twitter_list.id, new_members=my_followers.intersection(people_i_follow))
# Other fun stuff
def get_intersection_following(handles=[]): # ! Rate Limiting
following = []
for u in handles:
api.GetFriends(screen_name=u)
following.append(
set(api.GetFriends(screen_name=u))
)
return set.intersection(*following)
def get_intersection_followers(handles=[]): # ! Rate Limiting
followers = []
for u in handles:
api.GetFollowers(screen_name=u)
followers.append(
set(api.GetFollowers(screen_name=u))
)
return set.intersection(*followers)
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