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
