class Twords::FollowerBotCop

Attributes

follower_bots[R]
followers[R]
screen_name[R]

Public Class Methods

new(screen_name) click to toggle source
# File lib/twords/follower_bot_cop.rb, line 10
def initialize(screen_name)
  @screen_name   = screen_name
  @followers     = []
  @follower_bots = []
end

Public Instance Methods

a_bot?(user) click to toggle source
# File lib/twords/follower_bot_cop.rb, line 46
def a_bot?(user)
  if user[:statuses_count] <= 10
    user[:default_profile_image] == true ||
    user[:followers_count].zero? ||
    bot_like_timeline?(user)
  end
end
bot_like_timeline?(user) click to toggle source
# File lib/twords/follower_bot_cop.rb, line 54
def bot_like_timeline?(user)
  return true if user[:statuses_count].zero?
  return false if user[:protected] == true
  timeline = client.user_timeline(user[:screen_name])
  timeline.all? { |tweet| tweet.reply? || tweet.retweet? }
end
client() click to toggle source
# File lib/twords/follower_bot_cop.rb, line 16
def client
  config.client.client
end
count_followers_and_bots(response) click to toggle source
# File lib/twords/follower_bot_cop.rb, line 31
def count_followers_and_bots(response)
  response.attrs[:users].each do |user|
    @followers << user
    @follower_bots << user if a_bot?(user)
  end
end
detect_bots(cursor: nil) click to toggle source
# File lib/twords/follower_bot_cop.rb, line 20
def detect_bots(cursor: nil)
  response = client.followers(screen_name, count: 200, cursor: cursor)
  count_followers_and_bots(response)
  next_cursor = response.attrs[:next_cursor]
  return if next_cursor == 0
  detect_bots(cursor: next_cursor)
rescue Twitter::Error::TooManyRequests => error
  wait_out_rate_limit_error(error)
  retry
end
percentage() click to toggle source
# File lib/twords/follower_bot_cop.rb, line 61
def percentage
  return 0.0 if followers.count.zero?
  (follower_bots.count / followers.count.to_f * 100).round(2)
end
wait_out_rate_limit_error(error) click to toggle source
# File lib/twords/follower_bot_cop.rb, line 38
def wait_out_rate_limit_error(error)
  reset_time = error.rate_limit.reset_in + 1
  puts "Out of #{followers.count} followers, #{follower_bots.count} bots detected."
  puts "That's a rate of #{percentage} out of 100."
  puts "Hit rate limit, waiting #{reset_time} seconds.  "
  sleep reset_time
end