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hamelsmu/follow_theirs.py

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"I'll have what they are having" for bluesky. The motiviation is to mimic who someone else is following who reports they are having a good experience on bluesky!
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follow_theirs.py
def follow_user_follows(client, target_user):
"Follow everyone the target_user is following."
cursor = None
total_followed = 0
while True:
# Step 1: Fetch a batch of accounts the target user is following
# https://docs.bsky.app/docs/api/app-bsky-graph-get-follows
response = client.app.bsky.graph.get_follows({
'actor': target_user,
'limit': 100,
'cursor': cursor
})
# Step 2: Iterate through the accounts
for follow in response.follows:
try:
# Step 3: Follow each account
client.follow(follow.did)
print(f'Following {follow.handle}')
total_followed += 1
# Step 4: Add a delay to respect rate limits
time.sleep(2)
except Exception as e:
print(f'Error following {follow.handle}: {str(e)}')
# Step 5: Check for more accounts to follow
if not response.cursor:
break
cursor = response.cursor
# Step 6: Print progress
print(f'Followed {total_followed} users so far')
# Step 7: Print final result
print(f'Finished following {total_followed} users')
# Step 8: Set up credentials
USERNAME = 'your_username.bsky.social'
APP_PASSWORD = 'your_app_password'
TARGET_USER = 'target_user.bsky.social'
# Step 9: Initialize and authenticate client
client = Client()
client.login(USERNAME, APP_PASSWORD)
# Step 10: Execute the follow process
follow_user_follows(client, TARGET_USER)
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simonw commented Nov 24, 2024 •
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I forked this to add script inline metadata for the dependency and use input() and getpass() to accept the credentials - now you can run it without having to install it first using uv like this:

uv run https://gist.githubusercontent.com/simonw/848a3b91169a789bc084a459aa7ecf83/raw/3480742855f20056324f276bf19e3e77ef52ef6e/follow_theirs.py

Code here: https://gist.github.com/simonw/848a3b91169a789bc084a459aa7ecf83

Diff here: https://gist.github.com/simonw/848a3b91169a789bc084a459aa7ecf83/revisions

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# /// script
# dependencies = [
#   "atproto"
# ]
# ///

uv run https://

woah!

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