With keys redacted

gistfile1.py

from twython import Twython, TwythonError
import time

APP_KEY = ""#aka Consumer key 
APP_SECRET = ""#aka Consumer secret    
OAUTH_TOKEN = "16279554-"# aka Access token
OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET = ""# aka Access token secret

user_timeline = None

twitter = Twython(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET, OAUTH_TOKEN, OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET)

twitters = open("whitelist.txt").readlines()

outfile = open("following.txt","a")

for tw in twitters:
    try:
        print tw
        tw = tw.strip()
        following = twitter.get_friends_ids(screen_name=tw)
        print following
        following_strs = []
        for f in following['ids']:
            following_strs+=[str(f)]
        outfile.write(",".join([tw]+following_strs)+"\n")
        outfile.flush()
        time.sleep(60)
    except TwythonError as e:
        print e