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push all currently following into twitter list (backup / archive) using t tool and twurl
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twitter-followings-archive
# push all currently following into twitter list (backup / archive) using t tool and twurl
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# a temp hack, as the t tool should do both but i can't get [t followings | xargs t list add following-`date "+%Y-%m-%d"`] to work
# get list of usernames
t followings > followings.txt
# break into 100 username chunks, comma-separated
twurl -d 'screen_name=twitter,twittersupport&list_id=NNNNNN' /1.1/lists/members/create_all.json
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naveen commented Feb 20, 2022

to get working

  • Go to https://apps.twitter.com/
  • Ensure your app (whether newly created or otherwise) has Read, Write and Access direct messages permissions
  • Locally run gem install twurl
  • Run twurl authorize --consumer-key {YOUR APP'S CONSUMER KEY} --consumer-secret {YOUR APP'S CONSUMER SECRET}
  • Follow the steps it requests that you do
  • Copy ~/.twurlr to ~/.trc

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