open_random_favs.py

import sys
import random
import os
import tweepy

def get_auth(key_file):
    consumer_key, consumer_secret, access_token, access_token_secret = open(key_file, 'r').readline().rstrip().split(' ')
    auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
    auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
    return auth

def get_favs_count(api, screen_name):
    user = api.get_user(screen_name)
    return user.favourites_count

def get_random_favs(api, screen_name, n):
    nfavs = get_favs_count(api, screen_name)
    r = random.randint(0,nfavs/n)
    try:
        favs = api.favorites(id=screen_name, count=n, page=r)
    except tweepy.error.TweepError, inst:
        error_code = inst[0][0]['code']
        error_message = inst[0][0]['message']
        print >> sys.stderr, error_code, error_message
        exit()
    return favs

def get_url(fav):
    screen_name = fav.user.screen_name
    tid = fav.id
    return "http://twitter.com/%s/status/%s" % (screen_name, tid)

def open_url(url):
    os.system('open %s' % url)

key_file = sys.argv[1]
screen_name = sys.argv[2]
n = int(sys.argv[3])

auth = get_auth(key_file)
api = tweepy.API(auth)

favs = get_random_favs(api, screen_name, n)
urls = [get_url(f) for f in favs]
map(open_url, urls)