@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Another option if you only want to follow your followers is running it off command line like auto_follow.rb admin@example.com password You can black list people from been added to your friend by adding them to the yaml file called black_list.yml. +The script will also construct a black_list.yml once it finishes because it might add more names to the list. NB: Twitter has limit on how many people you can follow in an hour. README @@ -43,35 +43,13 @@ class AutoFollower peeps = (followers - friends).find_all { |n| !black_listed?(n) } @log.info "Need to follow #{peeps.size} people" - begin - peeps.each { |name| follow(name) } - ensure - save_black_list - end + execute { peeps.each { |name| follow(name) } } end def stalk(query, page = 1) - begin - _stalk(query, page) - ensure - save_black_list - end - end - - def save_black_list - File.open(BLACK_LIST, 'w') {|f| f.write(black_list.to_yaml) } + execute { _stalk(query, page) } end - def _stalk(query, page = 1) - @log.debug("Stalking page: #{page}") - doc = Hpricot(open("http://twitter.com/search/users?q=#{query}&page=#{page}")) - names = doc.search(".screen_name span").collect { |d| d.innerHTML } - return if names.empty? - (names - friends).find_all { |n| !black_listed?(n) }.each { |name| follow(name) } - page = page + 1 - stalk(query, page) - end - def followers @followers ||= find_followers end @@ -82,10 +60,28 @@ class AutoFollower private + def execute(&block) + begin + block.call + ensure + File.open(BLACK_LIST, 'w') {|f| f.write(black_list.to_yaml) } + end + end + def black_listed?(name) black_list.include?(name) end + def _stalk(query, page = 1) + @log.debug("Stalking page: #{page}") + doc = Hpricot(open("http://twitter.com/search/users?q=#{query}&page=#{page}")) + names = doc.search(".screen_name span").collect { |d| d.innerHTML } + return if names.empty? + (names - friends).find_all { |n| !black_listed?(n) }.each { |name| follow(name) } + page = page + 1 + stalk(query, page) + end + def follow(name, delay = FOLLOW_INTERVAL) begin @twitter.create_friendship(name) auto_follow.rb 6f4d8e32ee0f8e19d36a888f45b2b932991eb6d1 Andy Shen andy@shenie.info http://github.com/shenie/auto_follow/commit/72422e43a4d7bd8c97da329c7d9ee171a8e06727 72422e43a4d7bd8c97da329c7d9ee171a8e06727 2008-07-31T13:10:09-07:00 2008-07-31T13:10:09-07:00 moved method around, used a execute with block to dry up saving of black list, updated readme about black list feature ceef809f8b2d83ba55f8cee72783e7d46d27c0b2 Andy Shen andy@shenie.info