twitfunctions.py

#!/usr/local/bin/python3
import sys
from twython import Twython

#-- Twitter instance setup
TWITTER = open("TwiTokens.txt", "r").read().splitlines()
apiKey = TWITTER[0]
apiSecret = TWITTER[1]
accessToken = TWITTER[2]
accessTokenSecret = TWITTER[3]

api = Twython(apiKey,apiSecret,accessToken,accessTokenSecret)
#--

def getUserInfobyID(userid):
    """ 
    Returns info on user passed to the function as a dictionary object. 
    """
    # Difference between lookup_user and show_user is list vs dictionary. Not sure on benefits of either yet.
    return api.show_user(user_id=userid)

def getUserInfobyName(username):
    """
    Returns info on user passed to the function as a dictionary object.
    """
    # Difference between lookup_user and show_user is list vs dictionary. Not sure on benefits of either yet.
    return api.show_user(screen_name=username)

def getFollowersbyName(username):
    """
    return a list of followers of the username passed as an argument as a dictionary object.
    """
    return api.get_followers_ids(screen_name=username)

def getFollowersbyID(userid):
    """
    return a list of followers of the username passed as an argument as a dictionary object.
    """
    return api.get_followers_ids(user_id=userid)

def getFriendsbyName(username):
    """
    return a list of "friends"; people the username follows as a dictionary object.
    """
    return api.get_friends_ids(screen_name=username)

def getFriendsbyID(userid):
    """
    return a list of "friends"; people the username follows as a dictionary object.
    """
    return api.get_friends_ids(user_id=userid)

def send_tweet(message):
    """
    Update the status of Twitter account
    """
    api.update_status(status=message)

if __name__ == "__main__":
	print("This is a supporting file. Please run stalkerbot.py, or antistalkerbot.py.")
	sys.exit()