From 8af56ee790f50a1d4ccb11f055e6ffb1dea61d51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben McGinnes Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 00:26:35 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Create unfollow_user.py CLI script to stop following a user as specified by command arguments. --- examples/unfollow_user.py | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 examples/unfollow_user.py diff --git a/examples/unfollow_user.py b/examples/unfollow_user.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2417035 --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/unfollow_user.py @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +from twython import Twython, TwythonError + +# Optionally accept user data from the command line (or elsewhere). +# +# Usage: follow_user.py ryanmcgrath + +import sys + +if len(sys.argv) >= 2: + target = sys.argv[1] +else: + target = raw_input("User to follow: ") # For Python 3.x use: target = input("User to follow: ") + +# Requires Authentication as of Twitter API v1.1 +twitter = Twython(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET, OAUTH_TOKEN, OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET) + +try: + twitter.destroy_friendship(screen_name=target, follow="true") +except TwythonError as e: + print(e)