pickup_inactive_friends.py

from configparser import ConfigParser
from twitter import Twitter, OAuth
from datetime import datetime, timezone
import json


conf = ConfigParser()
conf.read('config.ini')

oauthconf = conf['oauth']
consumer_key = oauthconf['consumer_key']
consumer_secret = oauthconf['consumer_secret']
atoken = oauthconf['access_token']
asecret = oauthconf['access_token_secret']

twitter = Twitter(auth=OAuth(atoken, asecret, consumer_key, consumer_secret))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
    inactive = []
    c = -1
    while c != 0:
        res = twitter.friends.list(cursor=c, count=200)
        c = res['next_cursor']
        for u in res['users']:
            if 'status' not in u:
                inactive.append({'screen_name': u['screen_name'], 'days': None})
                continue
            ctime = u['status']['created_at']
            ct = datetime.strptime(ctime, '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %z %Y')
            delta = (now - ct).days
            if delta >= 30:
                inactive.append({'screen_name': u['screen_name'], 'days': delta})

    print(json.dumps(inactive))