UserLytics

Twitter Analytics Utility

Requirements

• PHP 5.3+
• cURL
• Twitter Developer Account: https://dev.twitter.com

Purpose

• Return "fully-hydrated" user data
  • Follower/following analysis
    • Profile card:
      • full-name
      • user-name
      • description
      • profile-image
  • Data metrics of user
    • Followers number
    • Following number
  • GPS location
  • Account creation date
  • Verified status
  • Tweet/mention impressions

Use Cases

• See who a users top followers are
• View closest users to a chosen location
• Breakdown a particular users influence "reach" within a network

Usage

• Utilize Twitter REST API (Users/Lookup) resource

    \\Pass Twitter username as an argument to userlytics.php
    php userlytics.php <user_name>

• Performs requests in batches of (100) users(followers)
• Minimizes number of requests to API (current limit: 180 requests/interval)
• Example: User with 1000 followers will only require 10 requests to return entire dataset

Output

• All data is rendered in a CSV dump format

Note:

• If a requested user is unknown,suspended,or deleted, then that user will not be returned in the results list.
• You must be following a protected user to be able to see their most recent status update. If you don't follow a protected user their status will be hidden.
• You must edit auth.php and insert your credentials from your dev.twitter.com account