Use old user endpoint to avoid graphql rate limits

src/api.nim

@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ proc getListMembers*(list: List; after=""): Future[Result[Profile]] {.async.} =
  url = listMembers ? ps
  result = parseListMembers(await fetch(url, oldApi=true), after)
 
+proc getProfile*(username: string): Future[Profile] {.async.} =
+ let
+ ps = genParams({"screen_name": username})
+ url = userLookup ? ps
+ result = parseUserShow(await fetch(url, oldApi=true), username)
+
 proc getTimeline*(id: string; after=""; replies=false): Future[Timeline] {.async.} =
  let
  ps = genParams({"userId": id, "include_tweet_replies": $replies}, after)

src/consts.nim

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const
  mediaTimeline* = timelineApi / "media"
  listTimeline* = timelineApi / "list.json"
  listMembers* = api / "1.1/lists/members.json"
+ userLookup* = api / "1.1/users/show.json"
  tweet* = timelineApi / "conversation"
  search* = api / "2/search/adaptive.json"
 

src/parser.nim

@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ proc parseProfile(js: JsonNode; id=""): Profile =
 
  result.expandProfileEntities(js)
 
+proc parseUserShow*(js: JsonNode; username: string): Profile =
+ if js == nil: return
+ with error, js{"errors"}:
+ result = Profile(username: username)
+ if parseError(error) == suspended:
+ result.suspended = true
+ return
+
+ result = parseProfile(js)
+
 proc parseGraphProfile*(js: JsonNode; username: string): Profile =
  if js == nil: return
  with error, js{"errors"}:
@@ -301,6 +311,9 @@ proc parseConversation*(js: JsonNode; tweetId: string): Conversation =
  let global = parseGlobalObjects(? js)
 
  let instructions = ? js{"timeline", "instructions"}
+ if instructions.len == 0:
+ return
+
  for e in instructions[0]{"addEntries", "entries"}:
  let entry = e{"entryId"}.getStr
  if "tweet" in entry:

src/redis_cache.nim

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ proc getCachedProfile*(username: string; fetch=true): Future[Profile] {.async.}
  if prof != redisNil:
  result = prof.to(Profile)
  else:
- result = await getGraphProfile(username)
+ result = await getProfile(username)
  if result.id.len > 0:
  await cache(result)