Twitter Followings Exporter

twitter-followings-exporter.js

/*
  Twitter Followings Exporter
  Usage:
  1. Go to https://twitter.com/username/following
  2. Scoll down to the end
  3. Filter requests in the network panel of DevTool like this:
    https://twitter.com/i/api/graphql/aBcDeFGHijklMNopqRstUV/Following?variables=
  4. Paste the whole response into `followings.json`
  5. Run the script: `node twitter-followings-exporter.js`
  6. Find other requests, repeat 4 and 5 until completed
*/
const fs = require("fs/promises");

(async () => {
  let json = await fs.readFile("followings.json");
  json = JSON.parse(json);
  let entries;
  for (let instruction of json.data.user.following_timeline.timeline
    .instructions) {
    if (instruction.type === "TimelineAddEntries") {
      entries = instruction.entries;
      break;
    }
  }
  entries = entries.filter((entry) => entry.entryId.startsWith("user"));
  const users = [];
  for (const entry of entries) {
    const user = entry.content.itemContent.user.legacy;
    users.push(user.screen_name);
  }
  console.log(users);
  let prevData;
  try {
    prevData = await fs.readFile("users.json");
    prevData = JSON.parse(prevData);
  } catch {
    prevData = [];
  }
  await fs.writeFile(
    "users.json",
    JSON.stringify(prevData.concat(users), null, 2)
  );
})();