def process_friend_batch(user, page, api):
    """
    Create User object for each friend in batches of 100.
    Return batch as list of friend objects.

    Parameters:
    -----------
    User object
    A page of 100 friend ids (Twitter rate limit for user/lookup is 100 ids)
    API object

    Output:
    -------
    A list of 100 friend objects.

    """
    batch = []
    friend_objs = user.lookup_friends(f_ids=page)
    for f in friend_objs:
        friend = User(api, user_id=f.id, central_user=user.central_user)
        friend.num_followers = f.followers_count
        friend.screen_name = f.screen_name
        batch.append(friend)
    return batch
user = User(api, "bookstein", "bookstein")

# get timeline
t0 = time.time()
timeline = user.get_timeline(20)
t1 = time.time()
print "TIME TO GET TIMELINE: ", t1 - t0

# get friends
t0 = time.time()
friends_ids = user.get_friends_ids()
t1 = time.time()
print "TIME TO GET FRIENDS:", t1 - t0

# paginate and lookup friends
t0 = time.time()
all_friends = []
for page in user.paginate_friends(friends_ids, 100):
    friend_objs = user.lookup_friends(page)
    for f in friend_objs:
        friend = User(api, user_id=f.id, central_user=user.central_user)
        friend.num_followers = f.followers_count
        friend.screen_name = f.screen_name
        all_friends.append(friend)
t1 = time.time()
print "TIME TO PAGINATE AND LOOKUP FRIENDS", t1 - t0

print all_friends

# get timelines for friends