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Twitter followers command line using PhantomJS
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var usernames = [], | |
results = {}, | |
page = require('webpage').create(), | |
system = require('system'); | |
function init(){ | |
if (system.args.length === 1) { | |
console.log('Pass one or more twitter usernames as arguments'); | |
} else { | |
system.args.forEach(function (arg, i) { | |
if(i!==0) usernames.push(arg); | |
}); | |
next(); | |
} | |
} | |
function open_twitter_with_user(user){ | |
page.open('https://twitter.com/' + user, function (status) { | |
if (status === 'success') { | |
setTimeout(function(){ | |
var followers = page.evaluate(function () { | |
return document.querySelectorAll("[data-element-term='follower_stats'] strong")[0].innerText; | |
}); | |
results[user] = followers; | |
next(); | |
},200); | |
}else{ | |
console.log("something went wrong"); | |
next(); | |
} | |
}); | |
} | |
function next(){ | |
if(usernames.length > 0){ | |
open_twitter_with_user(usernames[0]); | |
usernames.shift(); | |
}else{ | |
final_result(); | |
page.close(); | |
phantom.exit(); | |
} | |
} | |
function final_result(){ | |
console.log(JSON.stringify(results)); | |
} | |
init(); |
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