Allows the authenticating user to follow the specified users, unless they are already followed

@see dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/post/friendships/create @rate_limited Yes @authentication Requires user context @raise [Twitter::Error::Unauthorized] Error raised when supplied user credentials are not valid. @return [Array<Twitter::User>] The followed users. @overload follow(*users)

@param users [Array<Integer, String, Twitter::User>, Set<Integer, String, Twitter::User>] An array of Twitter user IDs, screen names, or objects.
@example Follow @sferik
  Twitter.follow('sferik')

@overload follow(*users, options)

@param users [Array<Integer, String, Twitter::User>, Set<Integer, String, Twitter::User>] An array of Twitter user IDs, screen names, or objects.
@param options [Hash] A customizable set of options.
@option options [Boolean] :follow (false) Enable notifications for the target user.

# File lib/twitter/api/friends_and_followers.rb, line 130
def follow(*args)
  arguments = Twitter::API::Arguments.new(args)
  # Twitter always turns on notifications if the "follow" option is present, even if it's set to false
  # so only send follow if it's true
  arguments.options[:follow] = true if !!arguments.options.delete(:follow)
  existing_friends = Thread.new do
    friend_ids.ids
  end
  new_friends = Thread.new do
    users(args).map(&:id)
  end
  follow!(new_friends.value - existing_friends.value, arguments.options)
end

Allows the authenticating user to follow the specified users

@see dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/post/friendships/create @rate_limited No @authentication Requires user context @raise [Twitter::Error::Unauthorized] Error raised when supplied user credentials are not valid. @return [Array<Twitter::User>] The followed users. @overload follow!(*users)

@param users [Array<Integer, String, Twitter::User>, Set<Integer, String, Twitter::User>] An array of Twitter user IDs, screen names, or objects.
@example Follow @sferik
  Twitter.follow!('sferik')

@overload follow!(*users, options)

@param users [Array<Integer, String, Twitter::User>, Set<Integer, String, Twitter::User>] An array of Twitter user IDs, screen names, or objects.
@param options [Hash] A customizable set of options.
@option options [Boolean] :follow (false) Enable notifications for the target user.

# File lib/twitter/api/friends_and_followers.rb, line 160
def follow!(*args)
  arguments = Twitter::API::Arguments.new(args)
  # Twitter always turns on notifications if the "follow" option is present, even if it's set to false
  # so only send follow if it's true
  arguments.options[:follow] = true if !!arguments.options.delete(:follow)
  arguments.flatten.threaded_map do |user|
    begin
      object_from_response(Twitter::User, :post, "/1.1/friendships/create.json", merge_user(arguments.options, user))
    rescue Twitter::Error::Forbidden
      # This error will be raised if the user doesn't have permission to
      # follow list_member, for whatever reason.
    end
  end.compact
end

@see dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/followers/ids @rate_limited Yes @authentication Requires user context @raise [Twitter::Error::Unauthorized] Error raised when supplied user credentials are not valid. @return [Twitter::Cursor] @overload follower_ids(options={})

Returns an array of numeric IDs for every user following the authenticated user

@param options [Hash] A customizable set of options.
@option options [Integer] :cursor (-1) Breaks the results into pages. Provide values as returned in the response objects's next_cursor and previous_cursor attributes to page back and forth in the list.
@example Return the authenticated user's followers' IDs
  Twitter.follower_ids

@overload follower_ids(user, options={})

Returns an array of numeric IDs for every user following the specified user

@param user [Integer, String, Twitter::User] A Twitter user ID, screen name, or object.
@param options [Hash] A customizable set of options.
@option options [Integer] :cursor (-1) Breaks the results into pages. This is recommended for users who are following many users. Provide a value of -1 to begin paging. Provide values as returned in the response body's next_cursor and previous_cursor attributes to page back and forth in the list.
@example Return @sferik's followers' IDs
  Twitter.follower_ids('sferik')
  Twitter.follower_ids(7505382)  # Same as above

# File lib/twitter/api/friends_and_followers.rb, line 59
def follower_ids(*args)
  cursor_from_response_with_user(:ids, nil, :get, "/1.1/followers/ids.json", args, :follower_ids)
end

Returns a cursored collection of user objects for users following the specified user.

@see dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/followers/list @rate_limited Yes @authentication Requires user context @raise [Twitter::Error::Unauthorized] Error raised when supplied user credentials are not valid. @return [Twitter::Cursor] @overload followers(options={})

Returns an array of numeric IDs for every user the authenticated user is following

@param options [Hash] A customizable set of options.
@option options [Integer] :cursor (-1) Breaks the results into pages. This is recommended for users who are following many users. Provide a value of -1 to begin paging. Provide values as returned in the response body's next_cursor and previous_cursor attributes to page back and forth in the list.
@option options [Boolean, String, Integer] :skip_status Do not include contributee's Tweets when set to true, 't' or 1.
@option options [Boolean, String, Integer] :include_user_entities The user entities node will be disincluded when set to false.
@example Return the authenticated user's friends' IDs
  Twitter.followers

@overload followers(user, options={})

Returns an array of numeric IDs for every user the specified user is following

@param user [Integer, String, Twitter::User] A Twitter user ID, screen name, or object.
@param options [Hash] A customizable set of options.
@option options [Integer] :cursor (-1) Breaks the results into pages. Provide values as returned in the response objects's next_cursor and previous_cursor attributes to page back and forth in the list.
@option options [Boolean, String, Integer] :skip_status Do not include contributee's Tweets when set to true, 't' or 1.
@option options [Boolean, String, Integer] :include_user_entities The user entities node will be disincluded when set to false.

@example Return the cursored collection of users following @sferik

Twitter.followers('sferik')
Twitter.followers(7505382)    # Same as above

# File lib/twitter/api/friends_and_followers.rb, line 282
def followers(*args)
  cursor_from_response_with_user(:users, Twitter::User, :get, "/1.1/followers/list.json", args, :followers)
end

@see dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/friends/ids @rate_limited Yes @authentication Requires user context @raise [Twitter::Error::Unauthorized] Error raised when supplied user credentials are not valid. @return [Twitter::Cursor] @overload friend_ids(options={})

Returns an array of numeric IDs for every user the authenticated user is following

@param options [Hash] A customizable set of options.
@option options [Integer] :cursor (-1) Breaks the results into pages. This is recommended for users who are following many users. Provide a value of -1 to begin paging. Provide values as returned in the response body's next_cursor and previous_cursor attributes to page back and forth in the list.
@example Return the authenticated user's friends' IDs
  Twitter.friend_ids

@overload friend_ids(user, options={})

Returns an array of numeric IDs for every user the specified user is following

@param user [Integer, String, Twitter::User] A Twitter user ID, screen name, or object.
@param options [Hash] A customizable set of options.
@option options [Integer] :cursor (-1) Breaks the results into pages. Provide values as returned in the response objects's next_cursor and previous_cursor attributes to page back and forth in the list.
@example Return @sferik's friends' IDs
  Twitter.friend_ids('sferik')
  Twitter.friend_ids(7505382)  # Same as above

# File lib/twitter/api/friends_and_followers.rb, line 34
def friend_ids(*args)
  cursor_from_response_with_user(:ids, nil, :get, "/1.1/friends/ids.json", args, :friend_ids)
end

Returns a cursored collection of user objects for every user the specified user is following (otherwise known as their "friends").

@see dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/friendships/show @rate_limited Yes @authentication Requires user context @raise [Twitter::Error::Unauthorized] Error raised when supplied user credentials are not valid. @return [Twitter::Cursor] @overload friends(options={})

Returns an array of numeric IDs for every user the authenticated user is following

@param options [Hash] A customizable set of options.
@option options [Integer] :cursor (-1) Breaks the results into pages. This is recommended for users who are following many users. Provide a value of -1 to begin paging. Provide values as returned in the response body's next_cursor and previous_cursor attributes to page back and forth in the list.
@option options [Boolean, String, Integer] :skip_status Do not include contributee's Tweets when set to true, 't' or 1.
@option options [Boolean, String, Integer] :include_user_entities The user entities node will be disincluded when set to false.
@example Return the authenticated user's friends' IDs
  Twitter.friends

@overload friends(user, options={})

Returns an array of numeric IDs for every user the specified user is following

@param user [Integer, String, Twitter::User] A Twitter user ID, screen name, or object.
@param options [Hash] A customizable set of options.
@option options [Integer] :cursor (-1) Breaks the results into pages. Provide values as returned in the response objects's next_cursor and previous_cursor attributes to page back and forth in the list.
@option options [Boolean, String, Integer] :skip_status Do not include contributee's Tweets when set to true, 't' or 1.
@option options [Boolean, String, Integer] :include_user_entities The user entities node will be disincluded when set to false.

@example Return the cursored collection of users @sferik is following

Twitter.friends('sferik')
Twitter.friends(7505382)    # Same as above

# File lib/twitter/api/friends_and_followers.rb, line 313
def friends(*args)
  cursor_from_response_with_user(:users, Twitter::User, :get, "/1.1/friends/list.json", args, :friends)
end

Returns detailed information about the relationship between two users

@see dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/friendships/show @rate_limited Yes @authentication Requires user context @raise [Twitter::Error::Unauthorized] Error raised when supplied user credentials are not valid. @return [Twitter::Relationship] @param source [Integer, String, Twitter::User] The Twitter user ID, screen name, or object of the source user. @param target [Integer, String, Twitter::User] The Twitter user ID, screen name, or object of the target user. @param options [Hash] A customizable set of options. @example Return the relationship between @sferik and @pengwynn

Twitter.friendship('sferik', 'pengwynn')
Twitter.friendship('sferik', 14100886)   # Same as above
Twitter.friendship(7505382, 14100886)    # Same as above

# File lib/twitter/api/friends_and_followers.rb, line 227
def friendship(source, target, options={})
  merge_user!(options, source, "source")
  options[:source_id] = options.delete(:source_user_id) unless options[:source_user_id].nil?
  merge_user!(options, target, "target")
  options[:target_id] = options.delete(:target_user_id) unless options[:target_user_id].nil?
  object_from_response(Twitter::Relationship, :get, "/1.1/friendships/show.json", options)
end

Test for the existence of friendship between two users

@see dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/friendships/show @rate_limited Yes @authentication Requires user context @raise [Twitter::Error::Unauthorized] Error raised when supplied user credentials are not valid. @return [Boolean] true if user_a follows user_b, otherwise false. @param source [Integer, String, Twitter::User] The Twitter user ID, screen name, or object of the source user. @param target [Integer, String, Twitter::User] The Twitter user ID, screen name, or object of the target user. @param options [Hash] A customizable set of options. @example Return true if @sferik follows @pengwynn

Twitter.friendship?('sferik', 'pengwynn')
Twitter.friendship?('sferik', 14100886)   # Same as above
Twitter.friendship?(7505382, 14100886)    # Same as above

# File lib/twitter/api/friends_and_followers.rb, line 251
def friendship?(source, target, options={})
  friendship(source, target, options).source.following?
end

Allows one to enable or disable retweets and device notifications from the specified user.

@see dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/post/friendships/update @rate_limited No @authentication Requires user context @raise [Twitter::Error::Unauthorized] Error raised when supplied user credentials are not valid. @return [Twitter::Relationship] @param user [Integer, String, Twitter::User] A Twitter user ID, screen name, or object. @param options [Hash] A customizable set of options. @option options [Boolean] :device Enable/disable device notifications from the target user. @option options [Boolean] :retweets Enable/disable retweets from the target user. @example Enable rewteets and devise notifications for @sferik

Twitter.friendship_update('sferik', :device => true, :retweets => true)

# File lib/twitter/api/friends_and_followers.rb, line 208
def friendship_update(user, options={})
  merge_user!(options, user)
  object_from_response(Twitter::Relationship, :post, "/1.1/friendships/update.json", options)
end

Returns the relationship of the authenticating user to the comma separated list of up to 100 screen_names or user_ids provided. Values for connections can be: following, following_requested, followed_by, none.

@see dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/friendships/lookup @rate_limited Yes @authentication Requires user context @raise [Twitter::Error::Unauthorized] Error raised when supplied user credentials are not valid. @return [Array<Twitter::User>] The requested users. @overload friendships(*users)

@param users [Array<Integer, String, Twitter::User>, Set<Integer, String, Twitter::User>] An array of Twitter user IDs, screen names, or objects.
@example Return extended information for @sferik and @pengwynn
  Twitter.friendships('sferik', 'pengwynn')
  Twitter.friendships('sferik', 14100886)   # Same as above
  Twitter.friendships(7505382, 14100886)    # Same as above

@overload friendships(*users, options)

@param users [Array<Integer, String, Twitter::User>, Set<Integer, String, Twitter::User>] An array of Twitter user IDs, screen names, or objects.
@param options [Hash] A customizable set of options.

# File lib/twitter/api/friends_and_followers.rb, line 79
def friendships(*args)
  arguments = Twitter::API::Arguments.new(args)
  merge_users!(arguments.options, arguments)
  objects_from_response(Twitter::User, :get, "/1.1/friendships/lookup.json", arguments.options)
end

Returns an array of numeric IDs for every user who has a pending request to follow the authenticating user

@see dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/friendships/incoming @rate_limited Yes @authentication Requires user context @raise [Twitter::Error::Unauthorized] Error raised when supplied user credentials are not valid. @return [Twitter::Cursor] @param options [Hash] A customizable set of options. @option options [Integer] :cursor (-1) Breaks the results into pages. Provide values as returned in the response objects's next_cursor and previous_cursor attributes to page back and forth in the list. @example Return an array of numeric IDs for every user who has a pending request to follow the authenticating user

Twitter.friendships_incoming

# File lib/twitter/api/friends_and_followers.rb, line 96
def friendships_incoming(options={})
  cursor_from_response(:ids, nil, :get, "/1.1/friendships/incoming.json", options, :friendships_incoming)
end

Returns an array of numeric IDs for every protected user for whom the authenticating user has a pending follow request

@see dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/friendships/outgoing @rate_limited Yes @authentication Requires user context @raise [Twitter::Error::Unauthorized] Error raised when supplied user credentials are not valid. @return [Twitter::Cursor] @param options [Hash] A customizable set of options. @option options [Integer] :cursor (-1) Breaks the results into pages. Provide values as returned in the response objects's next_cursor and previous_cursor attributes to page back and forth in the list. @example Return an array of numeric IDs for every protected user for whom the authenticating user has a pending follow request

Twitter.friendships_outgoing

# File lib/twitter/api/friends_and_followers.rb, line 111
def friendships_outgoing(options={})
  cursor_from_response(:ids, nil, :get, "/1.1/friendships/outgoing.json", options, :friendships_outgoing)
end

Returns a collection of user_ids that the currently authenticated user does not want to receive retweets from.

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@see dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/friendships/no_retweets/ids @rate_limited Yes @authentication Requires user context @raise [Twitter::Error::Unauthorized] Error raised when supplied user credentials are not valid. @return [Array<Integer>] @param options [Hash] A customizable set of options. @option options [Boolean] :stringify_ids Many programming environments will not consume our ids due to their size. Provide this option to have ids returned as strings instead. Read more about Twitter IDs, JSON and Snowflake. @example Enable rewteets and devise notifications for @sferik

Twitter.no_retweet_ids

# File lib/twitter/api/friends_and_followers.rb, line 329
def no_retweet_ids(options={})
  get("/1.1/friendships/no_retweets/ids.json", options)[:body].map(&:to_i)
end

Allows the authenticating user to unfollow the specified users

@see dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/post/friendships/destroy @rate_limited No @authentication Requires user context @raise [Twitter::Error::Unauthorized] Error raised when supplied user credentials are not valid. @return [Array<Twitter::User>] The unfollowed users. @overload unfollow(*users)

@param users [Array<Integer, String, Twitter::User>, Set<Integer, String, Twitter::User>] An array of Twitter user IDs, screen names, or objects.
@example Unfollow @sferik
  Twitter.unfollow('sferik')

@overload unfollow(*users, options)

@param users [Array<Integer, String, Twitter::User>, Set<Integer, String, Twitter::User>] An array of Twitter user IDs, screen names, or objects.
@param options [Hash] A customizable set of options.

# File lib/twitter/api/friends_and_followers.rb, line 190
def unfollow(*args)
  threaded_user_objects_from_response(:post, "/1.1/friendships/destroy.json", args)
end