def now(amount):
print("...function follow called. Let's try to follow some people.")
my_api = api.make_api()
#Iterate through amount posts with a certain hashtag, may hit API throttling eventually
for tweet in tweepy.Cursor(my_api.search, q = definitions.follow_hashtag, count = 10, include_entities = True).items(amount):
userid = tweet.user.id
if userid != definitions.my_user_id: # latter one from secrets
try: # some users may have blocked you, so try and else continue
my_api.create_friendship(userid)
print("userid {} followed".format(userid))
print("Waiting a bit")
#time.sleep(definitions.interval_between_follows) #Tweet every 15 minutes
except:
print("Could not follow {}".format(userid))
continue
def unfollow_non_friends(amount):
print("function unfollow_non_friends called")
my_api = api.make_api()
# make a list of followers
followers = my_api.followers_ids(my_user_id)
print("...found {} follower".format(len(followers)))
# make a list if following
following = my_api.friends_ids(my_user_id)
print("...found {} following".format(len(following)))
# makes a new list of users who don't follow you back.
non_mutuals = list(set(following) - set(followers))
print("...found {} non_mutuals / non_friends".format(len(non_mutuals)))
# unfollow our non_friends
if len(non_mutuals) > amount:
for f in non_mutuals[0:amount]:
try:
# unfollows non follower.
my_api.destroy_friendship(f)
print('...Unfollowed user {}. Waiting a bit.'.format(f))
#time.sleep(10)
except:
print("...could not unfollow user {}".format(f))
continue
else:
print("Too few non_friends to unfollow now. Doing nothing for the moment.")
pass
def get_last_tweet_rank():
my_api = api.make_api()
# get the last tweet
tweet = my_api.user_timeline(id=definitions.my_user_id, count=1)[0].text
# use a regex to get the first number from the string
plek = re.search(r'\d+', tweet).group()
# plek = tweet.text[8:12] #old way to get first number
return plek
def post(message):
print("...function post_tweet called")
#get_image(youtube_link)
#filename = "temp_img.jpg"
# create the api
my_api = api.make_api()
# send the tweet with the image and a random message
my_api.update_status(status=message)
#my_api.update_with_media(filename, status=message)
print("tweeted!")
def post():
print("...function post_tweet called")
# create the api
my_api = api.make_api()
#define the file name
filename = "temp_image.jpg"
# define the message
message = get_message()
# send the tweet with the image and a random message
my_api.update_with_media(filename, status = message + message_hashtags)
print("tweeted!")
print("...")