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[twitter-api-cdsw-solutions] / solution-followers-3.py

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+# Make a "famous ratio" for a given user which I'll define as 'number
+# of followers a person has divided by number of people they
+# follow. Try out @makoshark, and @pontifex (the Pope). Who is higher?
+
+import encoding_fix
+import tweepy
+from twitter_authentication import CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET, ACCESS_TOKEN, ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET
+
+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)
+
+def famous_ratio(username):
+    user = api.get_user(username)
+    return(user.followers_count / user.friends_count)
+
+print("mako: %s" % famous_ratio('makoshark'))
+print("the pope: %s" % famous_ratio('pontifex'))
+