get twitter follower counts

gistfile1.txt

require 'rubygems'
require 'net/http'
require 'net/https'
require 'json'

twitter_ids =  [
    "perrynfowler",
    "matthewcashmore",
    # PUT TWITTER IDS HERE
  ]


def get(uri_str)
   uri = URI.parse(uri_str)
   http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
   request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
   return http.request(request)
end

twitter_ids.each do |id|
    response = get("http://api.twitter.com/1/users/lookup.json?screen_name=#{id}")  
    case response
        when Net::HTTPSuccess
          result = JSON.parse(response.body)
          followers = result[0]['followers_count']
          puts "#{id}, #{followers}"
        else
          puts "got an error looking up #{id}"
          puts res.value
    end
end