twitter-friendship.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

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# twitter-friendship
#  - outputs details of the relationship between two users.
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from twitter import *

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# load our API credentials 
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import sys

sys.path.append(".")
import config

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# create twitter API object
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twitter = Twitter(auth=OAuth(config.access_key,
                             config.access_secret,
                             config.consumer_key,
                             config.consumer_secret))

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# the usernames whose relationship we want to examine
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source = "ideoforms"
target = "lewisrichard"

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# perform the API query
# twitter API docs: https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/get/friendships/show
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result = twitter.friendships.show(source_screen_name=source,
                                  target_screen_name=target)

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# extract the relevant properties
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following = result["relationship"]["target"]["following"]
follows = result["relationship"]["target"]["followed_by"]

print("%s following %s: %s" % (source, target, follows))
print("%s following %s: %s" % (target, source, following))