Find your verified Twitter followers using Python!
- Get Twitter API keys
- You will need consumer keys from a developer account and access keys from your target account. These can be from the same account, and will most likely be in your case.
- Clone or download the repo to your computer
- Ensure you have the latest version of Python 3 and pip installed
- In a Terminal,
cdto the downloaded repo folder - Install the required packages:
pip3 install -r requirements.txtwill install the latest versions of all required packages and their dependencies- Alternatively, install these manually:
pygal,tweepy,cairosvg
- Open
verified-followers.pyin any text editor and enter your username at the top, as well as your Twitter API keys - Either open the file an IDE such as Visual Studio Code and run, or type
python3 verified-followers.pyinto a Terminal - Find your verified followers!
The list of followers and the pie chart will be saved to your home folder.
The progam will take quite a while, depending on how many followers you have. This is as it has to run the verification check on every one of your followers.