gistfile1.rb

# Script to generate a CSV of all your Twitter followers screen_name, name, url, and description (bio)
# Runs fine on OS X: put into a file, and then from a Terminal:  ruby whatever.rb  to run.

require 'json'

puts "Enter your Twitter username:"
username = gets.chomp
puts "Enter your Twitter password:"
password = gets.chomp

mydata = `curl -XPOST -A "Twitterrific3.1 CFNetwork/422.11 Darwin/9.6.0 (i386) (MacPro3%2C1)" http://#{username}:#{password}@twitter.com/users/show/#{username}.json`
mydata = JSON.parse(mydata)
follower_count = mydata["followers_count"]

print "You have #{follower_count} followers. Fetching"

followers = []

1.upto((follower_count / 100) + 1) do |page_num|
  followers += JSON.parse(`curl -XPOST -A "Twitterrific3.1 CFNetwork/422.11 Darwin/9.6.0 (i386) (MacPro3%2C1)" http://#{username}:#{password}@twitter.com/statuses/friends.json?page=#{page_num}`)
end

followers.each do |follower|
  puts %Q{"#{follower["screen_name"]}","#{follower["name"].to_s.strip}","#{follower["url"]}","#{follower["description"].to_s.gsub(/\"/, '\"')}"}
end