Function get_mutual_following

instapy/relationship_tools.py:873–944

Find Mutual Following of a given user

(
    browser,
    self_username,
    username,
    relationship_data,
    live_match,
    store_locally,
    logger,
    logfolder,
)

def get_mutual_following(
    browser,
    self_username,
    username,
    relationship_data,
    live_match,
    store_locally,
    logger,
    logfolder,
):
    """Find Mutual Following of a given user"""

    if username is None or type(username) != str:
        logger.info(
            "Please enter a username to pick Mutual Following  ~leaving out "
            "of an invalid value"
        )
        return []

    # get `Followers` data
    all_followers = get_followers(
        browser,
        self_username,
        username,
        "full",
        relationship_data,
        live_match,
        store_locally,
        logger,
        logfolder,
    )

    # if all_followers is False we have targeted a private account that we don't follow
    if not all_followers:
        return False

    # get `Following` data
    all_following = get_following(
        browser,
        self_username,
        username,
        "full",
        relationship_data,
        live_match,
        store_locally,
        logger,
        logfolder,
    )

    # using this approach we can preserve the order of elements to be used
    # with `FIFO`, `LIFO` or `RANDOM` styles
    mutual_following = [user for user in all_following if user in all_followers]

    # uniqify elements
    mutual_following = sorted(set(mutual_following), key=mutual_following.index)

    logger.info(
        "There are {0} Mutual Following of {1}  ~the users {1} is following "