# encoding: ascii
# api: powershell
# title: Compare-TwitterNames.ps1
# description: This script will compare the names of the people you follow on Twitter and the people following you. It returns a comparison object consisting of the Twitter name of a subject and a side indicator – “<=” means that you are following a subject who is not following you, “=>” means that you are followed by someone who you are not following.
# version: 0.1
# type: script
# author: Steven Murawski
# license: CC0
# x-poshcode-id: 871
# x-archived: 2017-03-12T01:08:10
# x-published: 2009-02-16T07:21:00
#
#
#This script will compare the names of the people you follow on Twitter
#and the people following you. It returns a comparison object consisting
#of the Twitter name of a subject and a side indicator -
#"<=" means that you are following a subject who is not following you,
#"=>" means that you are followed by someone who you are not following.
function GetTwitterNames([string]$query)
{
$wc = new-object System.Net.WebClient
$wc.Credentials = $script:credential.GetNetworkCredential()
$nbrofpeople = 0
$page = "&page="
$names = @()
do
{
$url = $query
if ($nbrofpeople -gt 0)
{
$url = $url+$page+($nbrofpeople/100 +1)
}
[xml]$nameslist = $wc.DownloadString($url)
$names += $nameslist.users.user | select name
$nbrofpeople += 100
} while ($names.count -eq $nbrofpeople)
return $names
}
$twitter = "http://twitter.com/statuses/"
$friends = $twitter + "friends.xml?lite=true"
$followers = $twitter + "followers.xml?lite=true"
$credential = Get-Credential
$friendslist = GetTwitterNames($friends)
$followerslist = GetTwitterNames($followers)
$sync = 0
if ($friendslist.count -gt $followerslist.count)
{
$sync = ($friendslist.count)/2
}
else
{
$sync = ($followerslist.count)/2
}
$Status = @{Name='Status';Expression={if ($_.sideindicator -like '=>') {'Followed By'} else {'Following'}}}
compare-object $friendslist $followerslist -SyncWindow ($sync) -Property name | Select-Object Name, $Status