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# Method will return the party of the list member by analyzing
    # twitter account attributes. If party cannot be detected the
    # account column  have an entry "unknown"
    def check_for_party(self, account_list):
        party_column = []
        party_abbreviations = ["FDP", "CVP", "SP", "SVP", "EVP", "BDP"]
        for account in account_list:
            party = "unknown"
            for abbr in party_abbreviations:
                if abbr in account.description:

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   def __init__(self, country_code):
        self.__country_code = country_code

        # Dependent on the country parameter load the relevant configurations
        file_name = "config-"+country_code+".yaml"
        with open("../../cfg/"+file_name, 'r') as stream:
            try:
                self.__cfg= yaml.load(stream)
                print(self)
            except yaml.YAMLError as exc:

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    def get_government_members(self):
        lists = self.__api.lists_all('SoMePolis')

        for list in lists:
            if list.name == 'BundesparlamentarierInnen':
                result = []
                for item in tweepy.Cursor(self.__api.list_members, list_id=list.id).items():
                    result.append(item)
                return result
        return None

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class GovernmentSocialMediaAnalyzer(object):
    # Class Instance Variable
    __cfg = {}
    __country_code = None
    __api = None
    def __init__(self, country_code):
        self.__country_code = country_code

        # Dependent on the country parameter load the relevant configurations
        file_name = "config-"+country_code+".yaml"

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twitterListAccount: "SoMePolis"
twitterListName: "BundesparlamentarierInnen"

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    def __get_government_members(self):
        lists = self.__api.lists_all(self.__cfg['twitterListAccount'])
        for list in lists:
            if list.name == self.__cfg['twitterListName']:
                result = []
                for item in tweepy.Cursor(self.__api.list_members, list_id=list.id).items():
                    result.append(item)
                return result
        return None

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    def __extract_columns(self):
        accounts = self.__get_government_members()
        labels = range(0,len(accounts))
        self.__col_screen_name = [account.screen_name for account in accounts]
        self.__col_name = [account.name for account in accounts]
        self.__col_description = [account.description for account in accounts]
        self.__col_followers_count = [account.followers_count for account in accounts]
        self.__col_friends_count = [account.friends_count for account in accounts]
        self.__col_party = self.__check_for_party(accounts)

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    def check_for_party(self, account_list):
        party_column = []
        party_abbreviations = ["FDP", "CVP", "SP", "SVP", "EVP", "BDP"]
        for account in account_list:
            party = "unknown"
            for abbr in party_abbreviations:
                if abbr in account.description or abbr in account.screen_name:
                    party = abbr
            party_column.append(party)
        return party_column

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twitterListAccount: "SoMePolis"
twitterListName: "BundesparlamentarierInnen"
# https://www.parlament.ch/de/organe/fraktionen/im-parlament-vertretene-parteien
parties:
    - twitter: "spschweiz"
      abbrs: ["SP","PS"]
    - twitter: "FDP_Liberalen"
      abbrs: ["FDP","PLR"]
    - twitter: "SVPch"
      abbrs: ["SVP","UDC"]

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    def __check_for_party(self, user_list):
        party_column = []
        # iterate through each user account
        for user in user_list:
            # iterate trough all parties
            for party in self.__cfg.get('parties'):
                res = "unknown"
                # Check first all abbreviations
                # We don't do lower here because that could result to false positive
                for abbr in party['abbrs']: