twitter: who follows who?

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys, urllib2, twitter

def main(*args):
	try:
		t = twitter.Api('A_VALID_USER', 'A_VALID_PASSWORD')
		f = t.GetFriends(user=args[1])
		if any(u for u in f if u.screen_name == args[2]):
			print 'yup, %s follows %s' % (args[1], args[2])
		else:
			print 'nup, %s does not follow %s' % (args[1], args[2])
	except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
		if e.code == 404:
			print "soz, %s isn't a user" % (args[1])
		else:
			raise e

if __name__ == '__main__':
	if len(sys.argv) > 1:
		main(*sys.argv)
	else:
		print "who follows who?"

A hackity hack to find out if one twittard is following another.

You’ll need python-twtitter and simplejson, just do:

> python twit.py twittard1 twittard2

or stick it in ~/bin and chmod +x it, a la caolan’s suggestion