Twitter List Exporter

Description

SCRIPT NO LONGER WORKS!

Twitter changed their API a while back, which means that this script no longer works. I am leaving it up as a reference example of working with XML and, perhaps, I'll revise this to use the new API in the future. Updated on July 7, 2012 Lists are an incredibly useful tool to organize your Twitter stream. I use them all the time to track all sorts of things that I wouldn't want to overwhelm my main Twitter timeline- - or to create "virtual communities" of experts on a topic. This script was used for a project where I needed to grab some of my own Twitter lists for use elsewhere. I thought I'd share it with you as it has some good examples of how to pull list data from Twitter via AppleScript and put it to use! This simple AppleScript asks you for the name of the Twitter account to select and then downloads and displays its lists. It then lets you choose which list to retrieve and then saves it as a simple HTML table to your Desktop. Not bad, right? And since it's AppleScript, it's pretty easy to customize this framework if you're the sort who likes to tinker around!

Downloadable App

For your convenience (and for people new to AppleScript), I've also created an app version of this script.

DOWNLOAD THE APP HERE

Hope you enjoy it!

The Code

(*
Veritrope.com
TWITTER LIST EXPORT
VERSION 2.0
July 6, 2012

// TERMS OF USE:
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View, California, 94041, USA.

// LIKE THIS SCRIPT?
If this AppleScript is helpful to you, please show your support here:
http://veritrope.com/support

// SCRIPT INFORMATION AND UPDATE PAGE
http://veritrope.com/code/Twitter-List-Exporter

// REQUIREMENTS
More details on the script information page.

// CHANGELOG
2.00    REORGANIZED INTO HANDLERS, FIX FOR TWITTER API CHANGES, END DIALOG
1.02     FIXED PAGING ISSUE
1.01    BUG FIXES
1.00    INITIAL RELEASE

// RECOMMENDED INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Save this as an app after compiling and run it whenever you need to export a list!
*)


(*
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// OTHER PROPERTIES (USE CAUTION WHEN CHANGING)
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*)

property V_Logo : "<h1 style="float="left";width="100%""><a href="http://veritrope.com/support?utm_source=twitter_list_exporter&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=AppleScript"><img align="left"alt="Veritrope" 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/></a></h1>"
property V_Body : "<p style="margin-top=10px;font-family: Helvetica;font-size:18px;">"
property listRecords : {}
property arrayHTML : {}
property theLists : {}
property twList : {}
property theScreenname : ""
property selected_List : ""
property dialog_Title : "Veritrope.com | Twitter List Exporter"

(*
======================================
// MAIN PROGRAM
======================================
*)


--RESET VALUES
set listRecords to {}
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""

--ICON PATH
set p to (path to "csrv")'s POSIX path & "CoreTypes.bundle"

--SCREENNAME
set theScreenname to text returned of (display dialog "Enter Screen Name" default answer theScreenname with title ¬
    dialog_Title with icon (path to resource "GroupIcon.icns" in bundle p))

--GET TWITTER LISTS
set getLists to "http://api.twitter.com/1/" & theScreenname & "/lists.xml"
set rawLists to do shell script "curl -siL " & getLists

--STRIP HEADER
set newDelim to return & return
set theLists to my stripHeader(newDelim, rawLists)

--PARSE XML INTO LIST ITEMS
set dirLists to my parse_XML(theLists)

--CHOOSE AND PREPARE LIST
set list_id to (choose from list dirLists with title dialog_Title) as text

--CLEAN UP DATA FOR LIST SLUG
set list_Slug to (do shell script "echo " & quoted form of list_id & " | sed 's|[^a-zA-Z0-9 ]||g' | sed 's| |-|g' | sed 's|--|-|g' ")

--MAIN LOOP
set cursorValue to "-1"

--LOOP PAGES THROUGH RESULTS UNTIL COMPLETE
repeat until cursorValue is "0"
   
    --GET THE CONTENTS OF SELECTED LIST
    set contentsList to "https://api.twitter.com/1/lists/members.xml?slug=" & list_Slug & "\\&owner_screen_name=" & theScreenname & "\\&cursor=" & cursorValue
    set rawLists to do shell script "curl -siL " & contentsList
   
    --STRIP HEADER
    set newDelim to "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>"
    set theLists to my stripHeader(newDelim, rawLists)
   
    --CREATE THE XML RECORDS FROM THE TWITTER LIST
    tell application "System Events"
        set twElements to make new XML data with data selected_List
        set listarrayElements to XML element 1 of twElements
        set retrievedlistElements to XML elements of listarrayElements
        set theSubs to XML elements of item 1 of retrievedlistElements
        set theCount to (count of theSubs)
        repeat with theSub in theSubs
            set _Sub to theSub
            set theXMLItems to XML element 1 of _Sub
            set nameText to (value of (theXMLItems whose name is "name")) as string
            set screenName to (value of (theXMLItems whose name is "screen_name")) as string
            set theURL to (value of (theXMLItems whose name is "url")) as string
            set profileURL to (value of (theXMLItems whose name is "profile_image_url")) as string
            set end of listRecords to {profileURL:profileURL, name:nameText, screenName:screenName, URL:theURL}
            set theCount to (theCount - 1)
        end repeat
    end tell
   
    --GET CURSOR INFO
    set cursorValue to my get_Cursor(rawLists)
   
end repeat

--FORMAT THE RECORDS IN AN HTML TABLE
set htmlHeader to "<table bgcolor ="#cccccc" border="1" cellspacing="10" cellpadding="10"><tbody basefont face="arial" bgcolor ="#ffffff" ><tr><th align="center">Name</th><th align="center">Screenname</th><th align="center">Website</th></tr>"
set htmlFooter to "</tbody></table>"
set arrayHTML to {}
repeat with listRecord in listRecords
    set theIcon to profileURL of listRecord
    set twURL to "<a href="http://twitter.com/" & (screenName of listRecord) & "">"
    set end of arrayHTML to "<tr><td bgcolor ="#ffffff" align="center">" & twURL & "<img height="48" width = "48" src="" & theIcon & ""</a><br />" & (name of listRecord) & "</td><td bgcolor ="#ffffff" align="center">" & twURL & (screenName of listRecord) & "</a></td><td bgcolor ="#ffffff" align="center"><a href="" & (URL of listRecord) & "">" & (URL of listRecord) & "</a></td></tr>" as string
end repeat

--ASSEMBLE INTO HTML FILE
set arraytext to every item of arrayHTML as text
set V_Title to "Twitter List by @" & theScreenname & ":  <strong><br />"
set dataHTML to V_Logo & V_Body & V_Title & list_id & return & "</strong></p><p style="margin-top: -15px; font-family: Helvetica;font-size:12px; line-height: 12px">Export Created On " & ((current date) as text) & "</p>" & htmlHeader & arraytext & htmlFooter

--WRITE THE FILE
set fileName to list_Slug & " List from " & theScreenname & ".html"
set blankPage to (((path to desktop) as string) & fileName)
try
    open for access file blankPage with write permission
    write dataHTML to file blankPage as string
    close access file blankPage
on error errorMessage
    log errorMessage
    try
        close access file blankPage
    end try
end try

--FINISHED!
set dialog_MSG to ((count of listRecords) as text) & " records succesfully saved to your Desktop." & return & return & "If you found this useful, click the button below to say "Thanks!""
tell application "Finder" to set dialog_Result to (display alert "Twitter List Export File Successfully Created" message dialog_MSG buttons ["Open File", "Say Thanks!", "Exit"] default button 2 cancel button 3 giving up after 10)
set dialog_Button to button returned of dialog_Result
if dialog_Button is "Say Thanks!" then
    open location "http://veritrope.com/support?utm_source=twitter_list_exporter&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=AppleScript"
else
    if dialog_Button is "Open File" then
        tell application "Finder" to open file blankPage
        activate
    end if
end if

(*
======================================
// UTILITY SUBROUTINES
======================================
*)


--STRIP HEADER
on stripHeader(newDelim, rawLists)
    local __asDB
    set oldDelim to AppleScript's text item delimiters
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to newDelim
    set selected_List to second text item of rawLists
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oldDelim
    return selected_List
end stripHeader

--URL ENCODE
on encodedURL(the_Word)
    local __asDB
    set scpt to "php -r 'echo rawurlencode("" & the_Word & "");'"
    return do shell script scpt
end encodedURL

--REPLACE
on replaceString(theString, theOriginalString, theNewString)
    local __asDB
    set theNum to 0
    set {od, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {AppleScript's text item delimiters, theOriginalString}
    set theStringParts to text items of theString
    if (count of theStringParts) is greater than 1 then
        set theString to text item 1 of theStringParts as string
        repeat with eachPart in items 2 thru -1 of theStringParts
            set theString to theString & theNewString & eachPart as string
            set theNum to theNum + 1
        end repeat
    end if
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to od
    return theString
end replaceString

(*
======================================
// MAIN HANDLER SUBROUTINES
======================================
*)


--PARSE XML INTO LIST ITEMS
on parse_XML(theLists)
    local __asDB
    tell application "System Events"
        set theElements to make new XML data with data theLists
        set userarrayElements to XML element 1 of theElements
        set userElements to XML element 1 of userarrayElements
        set listElements to XML elements of userElements
        set theCount to (count of listElements)
        set dirLists to {}
        repeat with listElement in listElements
            set theItem to XML element 1 of listElement
            try
                set nameText to (value of (theItem whose name is "name")) as string
                set end of dirLists to nameText
                set theCount to (theCount - 1)
            end try
        end repeat
    end tell
    return dirLists
end parse_XML

--GET CURSOR INFO
on get_Cursor(rawLists)
    set cursorValue to ""
    set oldDelim to AppleScript's text item delimiters
    set newDelim to "<next_cursor>"
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to newDelim
    set trimCursor to second text item of rawLists
    set newDelim to "</next_cursor>"
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to newDelim
    set cursorValue to first text item of trimCursor
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oldDelim
    return cursorValue
end get_Cursor

6 Responses to “Twitter List Exporter”

  1. jacques December 16, 2011 at 3:49 pm #

    hi… seems doesn’t work for me… “… impossible to get item 1 of {}.” number -1728 from item 1 of {} … do you know why (I’m not an exert in applescript. tks.

    • Justin Lancy December 18, 2011 at 12:11 pm #

      Hi Jacques,

      I just posted some bug fixes to the script. Try it again and let me know if it works for you!

  2. Tim July 6, 2012 at 6:24 pm #

    Does anyone know if this still works with the latest cahnges to the Twitter API? I’ve tried it and it doesn’t seem to be able to pull data any longer.

    • Justin Lancy July 6, 2012 at 8:49 pm #

      Hi Tim,

      You’re right – the API has changed!

      I am working on a fix and, if you would like to test it before I publish, reach out to me on Twitter or via the contact form.

  3. Justin July 16, 2012 at 3:47 pm #

    Hey, would it be easy to modify the script to only output the screennames column (minus the hyperlinks)? Just thought I’d mention I’m an applescript n00b but slowly learning.

    Thanks!

    • Justin Lancy July 16, 2012 at 3:54 pm #

      Totally possible!

      When you look through the code, you’ll see the “<a href" anchor tag around the screen name variable. If you are familiar with HTML, you'll recognize that this is what makes something a link.

      Just edit out that part and you should be all set!