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repeats fetching of follower lists from twitter for a small number of users
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| #!/usr/bin/env python | |
| """ | |
| Simple tool to fetch follower lists every n seconds and store them | |
| with time-based filenames. Can be later merged, deduped, and fed to | |
| users/lookup method to extract full user info. | |
| """ | |
| import argparse | |
| import datetime | |
| import logging | |
| import subprocess | |
| import time | |
| from twarc import Twarc | |
| logging.basicConfig( | |
| filename='followers.py.log', | |
| level=logging.INFO, | |
| format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s" | |
| ) | |
| if __name__ == '__main__': | |
| parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() | |
| parser.add_argument('--interval', dest='interval', type=int, default=150, | |
| help='number of seconds to wait before fetching again') | |
| parser.add_argument('screen_names', nargs='+', metavar='screen_name', | |
| help='users whose follower lists to fetch') | |
| options = parser.parse_args() | |
| if not options.screen_names: | |
| parser.error('please add at least one valid Twitter user name') | |
| # Verify the screen names and stash their user info | |
| fp = open('user_profiles.json', 'w') | |
| call_list = ['./twarc.py', '--lookup_screen_names'] | |
| call_list.extend(options.screen_names) | |
| subprocess.run(call_list, stdout=fp) | |
| fp.close() | |
| logging.info('saved user profiles') | |
| while True: | |
| for screen_name in options.screen_names: | |
| dt_str = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d-%H%M%S') | |
| fname = '%s-followers-%s.txt' % (dt_str, screen_name) | |
| fp = open(fname, 'w') | |
| call_list = ['./twarc.py', '--follower_ids', screen_name] | |
| subprocess.run(call_list, stdout=fp) | |
| fp.close() | |
| logging.info('saved follower list %s', fname) | |
| time.sleep(options.interval) |
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