A quick script for grabbing all of your Twitter follwers.

README.md

Run with...

funtimes = FollowerGetter("openlab", cks)

funtimes.get_followers()

TO DO: This works now. :)

secrets.py

consumer_key = "use"
consumer_secret = "your"

access_token = "own"
access_token_secret = "values"

users.py

import tweepy
import secrets as cks
import time
import csv


class FollowerGetter:

    def __init__(self, username, authfile):
        self.username = username
        self.authfile = authfile
        self.followers = []

    def authenticate(self):
        cks = self.authfile
        auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(cks.consumer_key, cks.consumer_secret)
        auth.set_access_token(cks.access_token, cks.access_token_secret)

        api = tweepy.API(auth, wait_on_rate_limit=True,
                         wait_on_rate_limit_notify=True)
        return api

    def get_followers(self):
        self.authenticate()
        print ("getting followers")
        bunch = self.followers
        username = self.username
        try:
            for page in tweepy.Cursor(api.followers, screen_name=username,
                                      count=200).pages():
                bunch.extend(page)
                print ("patience!")
            except tweepy.error.RateLimitError:
                print ("Waiting a minute ...")
                time.sleep(60)  # Sleep for 60sec
        self.write_csv(bunch)

    def write_csv(self, resultset):
        filename = "followers-" + self.username + ".csv"
        with open(filename, 'w', newline='') as fp:
            writer = csv.writer(fp, delimiter=',')
            writer.writerow(["id", "screen_name", "name", "verified",
                            "description", "blocked_by"])
            for user in resultset:
                writer.writerow([user.id, user.screen_name, user.name,
                                 user.verified, user.description,
                                 user.blocked_by])