import random
import pickle
import re
consumer_key = ""
consumer_secret = ""
access_token = ""
access_token_secret = ""
#%%
#create connection to twitter api
auth_api = tf.twitter_connect(consumer_key, consumer_secret, access_token,
access_token_secret)
#get Hadley's account id
hadley = tf.get_user_object("@hadleywickham", auth_api)
hadleyid = hadley[0]
#%% find all of Hadley's followers
level1 = tf.get_follower_ids(hadleyid, auth_api) #returns 74,820 followers
#filter out followers who follow >100 or <25 accounts
followers = []
#split into batches of 100 for Twitter API
requests = [level1[i:i + 100] for i in range(0, len(level1), 100)]
for request in requests:
users = tf.get_users(request, auth_api)
for user in users:
if user[3] <= 100 and user[3] >= 25:
followers.append(user[0]) # returns 13,416 followers
#randomly select 5000 followers to explore network
