FindTwitterUsernames.py

"""
- Takes a file which has one name on each line
- Searches for Twitter users; tries combinations for names longer than 2 words
- Returns the most probable username
"""


from twython import Twython
import itertools


twitter = Twython(
    CONSUMER_KEY,
    CONSUMER_SECRET,
    ACCESS_TOKEN,
    ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET,
)

def get_twitter_user(name):
    try:
        result = twitter.search_users(
            q=n,
            count=1,
            include_entities='false',
        )
    except TwythonRateLimitError as e:
        time.sleep(int(e.retry_after) - int(time.time()))
        return get_twitter_user(name)
    else:
        return result


f = open('names.txt', 'r')

for name in f:
    if name:
        combinations = [name]
        names_split = name.split(' ')
        if len(names_split) > 2:
            combinations += [' '.join(n) for n in itertools.combinations(names_split, 2)]
        for n in combinations:
            result = get_twitter_user(n)
            if result:
                print result[0]['screen_name']
                break
        if not result:
            print '-'

f.close()