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[twitter-api-cdsw-solutions] / solution-followers-2.py

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+# For each of your followers, find out how many followers they have.
+
+import encoding_fix
+import tweepy
+from twitter_authentication import CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET, ACCESS_TOKEN, ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET
+import time
+
+auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
+auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_TOKEN, ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)
+
+api = tweepy.API(auth, wait_on_rate_limit=True, wait_on_rate_limit_notify=True)
+
+user = api.get_user("makoshark")
+
+for follower in user.followers():
+    print("%s : %s" % (follower.screen_name, follower.followers_count))
+    
+    # According to this page, we can make 180 requests for user
+    # information each 15 minute period or one every 5 seconds:
+    #
+    # https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/get/users/show
+    time.sleep(5)
+