def __db_trustworthy_users(db_users, db_tweets, config):
"""
Generate a database of trustworthy users. We trust in the user if she
has a verified account or has more than X number of followers
:param db_users: database of user
:param config: dictionary with the configuration parameters of the heuristic
:return: database of trustworthy users
"""
trustworthy_users_db = DBManager('trustworthy_users')
if trustworthy_users_db.num_records_collection() == 0:
logging.info('The trustworthy_users collection is being created...')
for doc in db_users.find_all():
data = get_user(db_tweets, doc['screen_name'])
if data['verified'] or int(
data['followers_count']) > config['min_num_followers']:
if not trustworthy_users_db.find_record(
{'screen_name': data['screen_name']}):
trustworthy_users_db.save_record({
'screen_name':
doc['screen_name'],
'name':
data['name'],
'created_at':
data['created_at'],
'followers_count':
data['followers_count'],
'verified':
data['verified']
})
return trustworthy_users_db
def run_bot_detector(users, reusedb, fakepromoter):
bot_detector = BotDetector()
# create database of user if it doesn't exist
users_db = DBManager('users')
if users_db.num_records_collection() == 0:
na = NetworkAnalyzer()
na.create_users_db()
bot_detector.compute_bot_probability(users, 'users', reusedb)
if fakepromoter:
bot_detector.compute_fake_promoter_heuristic(users)