Get twitter friends using the API so you can easily find them on Counter.social, assuming they have the same username.
- Get access to the Twitter API here: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/getting-started/getting-access-to-the-twitter-api. Follow the instructions and collect the following info for your app: API Key and Secret, Access Token and Secret.
- Enter the values collected in step 1 in the python file.
- Run the python script passing in your username or a list of usernames. Note that Tweepy is a required module (
pip install requirements.txt
). - Go to https://counter.social/settings/import and make the following selections:
- Import type: Following list
- Select 'Merge'
- Pick the friends.csv that was created after you ran the script.
- Click upload.
- Be patient. You will automatically follow any user on CoSo with the same username as they had on Twitter.