Randomly pick a certain amount of users for a retweet raffle.

raffle.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# Run this command to go:
# python3 raffle.py <count> <tweetId>

import requests
import base64, urllib, time
from io import BytesIO
import twitter
from random import randint
import sys

print("Raffle Drawer - by Shuga\n")

max = 999
count = 5
post = "1241834306898735106"

try:
    if sys.argv[1] != '':
        count = int(sys.argv[1])
except:
    pass

try:
    if sys.argv[2] != '':
        post = sys.argv[2]
except:
    pass

# Put your tokens here!
api = twitter.Api(consumer_key='',
                  consumer_secret='',
                  access_token_key='',
                  access_token_secret='')

def userGet(user):
    print(f"@{user.screen_name}: {user.description}")

def random(statuses):
    random = randint(0, len(statuses)-1)
    userGet(statuses[random])

def check():
    ls = []
    print("...and the winners are:")
    statuses = api.GetRetweets(post, count=max, trim_user=False)
    for status in statuses:
        ls.append(status.user)

    for i in range(0, count):
        random(ls)

check()