twitter_protected_unfollow.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby
#
# twitter_protected_unfollow.rb
#
# http://rubydoc.info/gems/twitter/1.0.0/file/README.mkd
#
require 'rubygems'
require 'twitter'

require 'pp'

CONSUMER_KEY=
CONSUMER_SECRET="????"

ACCESS_TOKEN="????"
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET="????"

Twitter.configure do |cf|
  cf.consumer_key       = "????"
  cf.consumer_secret    = "????"
  cf.oauth_token        = "????"
  cf.oauth_token_secret = "????"
end

# protected users listing
protected_users = []
c = Twitter.friends()
count = 0
loop do
  c.users.each{|u|
    protected_users << u if u.protected == true
  }
  break if c.next_cursor == 0
  c = Twitter.friends(:cursor => c.next_cursor)

  count += 1
  puts "fetch count = #{count}"

  sleep 3
end

# unfollow
print "unfollow users: "
print protected_users.map{|u| u.screen_name}.join(", ")
puts

protected_users.each do |u|
  Twitter.unfollow(u.screen_name)
end