Loop over list of Twitter user screen_names, create dictionary of users' follower IDs and friend IDs.

friend_follower_lists.py

for id in screen_names_unique[42:44]:

    screen_name = id  
    print '\n', screen_name
    
    cursor = "-1"
    print 'followers list first cursor', cursor
    
    d = get_followers_ids (screen_name, cursor)
    
    limits = t.get_application_rate_limit_status()
    follower_limit = limits['resources']['followers']['/followers/ids']['remaining']
    print '# followers/ids API calls remaining', follower_limit
    
    if not d:
        followers_list = 'protected'
        friends_list = 'protected'
        org_dict_protected = {'screen_name': screen_name, 'followers_list': followers_list, 'friends_list': friends_list}
        #org_list.append(org_dict_protected)
        if screen_name not in org_dict:
            org_dict[screen_name] = {'followers_list': followers_list, 'friends_list': friends_list}
        continue
    else:
        pass
    
    followers_list = d['ids']
    print 'len(followers_list)', len(followers_list)
    cursor = d['next_cursor']
    print 'followers list second cursor', cursor
    count = 2
    while cursor != 0 :
        print "SLEEPING FOR 75 SECONDS................................"
        time.sleep(75)
        print 'trying to get another set of 5,000 for page %s' % count
        
        limits = t.get_application_rate_limit_status()
        follower_limit = limits['resources']['followers']['/followers/ids']['remaining']        
        if follower_limit > 1:
            print "follower_limit OK...continuing"
            #continue  #RETURN TO START OF WHILE LOOP
        else:
            time.sleep(450) #5 minute sleep
            #time.sleep(900) #15 minute sleep
            #continue
            
        d = get_followers_ids (screen_name, cursor)
        followers_list.extend(d['ids'])
        cursor = d['next_cursor']
        print 'followers list cursor %s' % count, cursor
        print 'len(followers_list)', len(followers_list)
        count +=1
        limits = t.get_application_rate_limit_status()
        follower_limit = limits['resources']['followers']['/followers/ids']['remaining']
        print '# followers/ids API calls remaining', follower_limit
        if follower_limit > 1:
            print "follower_limit OK...continuing"
            #continue  #RETURN TO START OF WHILE LOOP
        else:
            time.sleep(450) #5 minute sleep
            #time.sleep(900) #15 minute sleep
            #continue
    limits = t.get_application_rate_limit_status()
    follower_limit = limits['resources']['followers']['/followers/ids']['remaining']
    if follower_limit > 0:
        print "follower_limit OK...continuing"
        #continue  #RETURN TO START OF WHILE LOOP
    else:
        print "SLEEPING FOR 10 MINUTES....."
        time.sleep(600)  #10 minute sleep
        #continue

        
        
    print "DONE WITH FOLLOWERS LIST, NOW LET'S GET FRIENDS LIST"
    cursor = "-1"
    print 'friends list first cursor', cursor
    d = get_friends_ids (screen_name, cursor)
    
    if not d:
        friends_list = 'no friends'
        org_dict_protected = {'screen_name': screen_name, 'followers_list': followers_list, 'friends_list': friends_list}
        org_list.append(org_dict_protected)
        if screen_name not in org_dict:
            org_dict[screen_name] = {'followers_list': followers_list, 'friends_list': friends_list}
        continue
    else:
        pass
    
    friends_list = d['ids']
    print 'len(friends_list)', len(friends_list)
    cursor = d['next_cursor']
    print 'friends list second cursor', cursor
    count = 2
    while cursor != 0 :
        print 'trying to get another set of 5,000 for page %s' % count
        d = get_friends_ids (screen_name, cursor)
        friends_list.extend(d['ids'])
        cursor = d['next_cursor']
        print 'friends list cursor %s' % count, cursor
        print 'len(friends_list)', len(friends_list)
        count +=1
        limit = t.get_lastfunction_header('x-rate-limit-remaining')
        friend_limit = limits['resources']['friends']['/friends/ids']['remaining']
        print '# friends/ids API calls remaining', limit, friend_limit
        if friend_limit > 1:
            print "friend_limit OK...continuing"
            #continue
        else:
            time.sleep(900)  #15 minute sleep
            "WAKING UP.....NOW TRYING TO CONTINUE"
            continue
            
    #org_dict_for_list = {'screen_name': screen_name, 'followers_list': followers_list, 'friends_list': friends_list}
    #org_list.append(org_dict_for_list)
    if screen_name not in org_dict:
        org_dict[screen_name] = {'followers_list': followers_list, 'friends_list': friends_list}
    

Hi! Total neophyte here, but I am hoping to use your code snippets to scrape some data. However, in this instance, I can't seem to figure out where to actually input the main screen name(s) that I want to gather data for. Any guidance is appreciated. Thanks for making all of this public!