package scraper import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "io" "net/http" "net/http/cookiejar" "net/url" "strings" "time" log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus" ) const API_CONVERSATION_BASE_PATH = "https://twitter.com/i/api/2/timeline/conversation/" const API_USER_TIMELINE_BASE_PATH = "https://api.twitter.com/2/timeline/profile/" type API struct { UserHandle UserHandle UserID UserID IsAuthenticated bool GuestToken string Client http.Client CSRFToken string } // Use a global API variable since it is needed in so many utility functions (e.g., // tweet_trove.FillSpaceDetails, tweet_trove.FetchTombstoneUsers, etc.); this avoids having // to inject it everywhere. // // Should be set by the caller (main program) depending on the session file used. var the_api API // Initializer for the global api variable func InitApi(newApi API) { the_api = newApi } type api_outstruct struct { Cookies []*http.Cookie UserID UserID UserHandle UserHandle IsAuthenticated bool GuestToken string CSRFToken string } var TWITTER_BASE_URL = url.URL{Scheme: "https", Host: "twitter.com"} func (api API) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) { result, err := json.Marshal(api_outstruct{ Cookies: api.Client.Jar.Cookies(&TWITTER_BASE_URL), UserID: api.UserID, UserHandle: api.UserHandle, IsAuthenticated: api.IsAuthenticated, GuestToken: api.GuestToken, CSRFToken: api.CSRFToken, }) if err != nil { return result, fmt.Errorf("Unable to JSONify the api:\n %w", err) } return result, nil } func (api *API) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error { var in_struct api_outstruct err := json.Unmarshal(data, &in_struct) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("Unable to unmarshal:\n %w", err) } cookie_jar, err := cookiejar.New(nil) if err != nil { panic(err) } cookie_jar.SetCookies(&TWITTER_BASE_URL, in_struct.Cookies) api.IsAuthenticated = in_struct.IsAuthenticated api.GuestToken = in_struct.GuestToken api.UserID = in_struct.UserID api.UserHandle = in_struct.UserHandle api.Client = http.Client{ Timeout: 10 * time.Second, Jar: cookie_jar, } api.CSRFToken = in_struct.CSRFToken return nil } func (api API) add_authentication_headers(req *http.Request) { // Params for every request req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+BEARER_TOKEN) req.Header.Set("x-twitter-client-language", "en") if api.IsAuthenticated { if api.CSRFToken == "" { panic("No CSRF token set!") } req.Header.Set("x-csrf-token", api.CSRFToken) } else { // Not authenticated; use guest token if api.GuestToken == "" { panic("No guest token set!") } req.Header.Set("X-Guest-Token", api.GuestToken) } } func NewGuestSession() API { guestAPIString, err := GetGuestToken() if err != nil { panic(err) } jar, err := cookiejar.New(nil) if err != nil { panic(err) } return API{ IsAuthenticated: false, GuestToken: guestAPIString, Client: http.Client{ Timeout: 10 * time.Second, Jar: jar, }, CSRFToken: "", } } func (api *API) update_csrf_token() { dummyURL, err := url.Parse("https://twitter.com/i/api/1.1/onboarding/task.json") if err != nil { panic(err) } for _, cookie := range api.Client.Jar.Cookies(dummyURL) { if cookie.Name == "ct0" { api.CSRFToken = cookie.Value return } } } func (api *API) do_http_POST(url string, body string, result interface{}) error { req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, strings.NewReader(body)) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("Error initializing HTTP POST request:\n %w", err) } req.Header.Set("content-type", "application/json") api.add_authentication_headers(req) log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("POST: %s\n", req.URL.String())) for header := range req.Header { log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf(" %s: %s\n", header, req.Header.Get(header))) } log.Debug(" " + body) resp, err := api.Client.Do(req) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("Error executing HTTP POST request:\n %w", err) } api.update_csrf_token() defer resp.Body.Close() if resp.StatusCode != 200 { content, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body) if err != nil { panic(err) } responseHeaders := "" for header := range resp.Header { responseHeaders += fmt.Sprintf(" %s: %s\n", header, resp.Header.Get(header)) } return fmt.Errorf("HTTP %s\n%s\n%s", resp.Status, responseHeaders, content) } respBody, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("Error reading response body:\n %w", err) } log.Debug(string(respBody)) err = json.Unmarshal(respBody, result) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("Error parsing API response:\n %w", err) } return nil } func (api *API) do_http(url string, cursor string, result interface{}) error { req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("Error initializing HTTP GET request:\n %w", err) } if cursor != "" { query := req.URL.Query() query.Add("cursor", cursor) req.URL.RawQuery = query.Encode() } api.add_authentication_headers(req) log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("GET: %s\n", req.URL.String())) for header := range req.Header { log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf(" %s: %s\n", header, req.Header.Get(header))) } resp, err := api.Client.Do(req) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("Error executing HTTP request:\n %w", err) } defer resp.Body.Close() if api.IsAuthenticated { // New request has been made, so the cookie will be changed; update the csrf to match api.update_csrf_token() } if resp.StatusCode != 200 && resp.StatusCode != 403 { content, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body) if err != nil { panic(err) } responseHeaders := "" for header := range resp.Header { responseHeaders += fmt.Sprintf(" %s: %s\n", header, resp.Header.Get(header)) } return fmt.Errorf("HTTP Error. HTTP %s\n%s\nbody: %s", resp.Status, responseHeaders, content) } body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("Error reading response body:\n %w", err) } log.Debug(string(body)) err = json.Unmarshal(body, result) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("Error parsing API response:\n %w", err) } return nil } // Add the query params to get all data func add_tweet_query_params(query *url.Values) { query.Add("include_profile_interstitial_type", "1") query.Add("include_blocking", "1") query.Add("include_blocked_by", "1") query.Add("include_followed_by", "1") query.Add("include_want_retweets", "1") query.Add("include_mute_edge", "1") query.Add("include_can_dm", "1") query.Add("include_can_media_tag", "1") query.Add("skip_status", "1") query.Add("cards_platform", "Web-12") query.Add("include_cards", "1") query.Add("include_ext_alt_text", "true") query.Add("include_quote_count", "true") query.Add("include_reply_count", "1") query.Add("tweet_mode", "extended") query.Add("include_entities", "true") query.Add("include_user_entities", "true") query.Add("include_ext_media_availability", "true") query.Add("send_error_codes", "true") query.Add("simple_quoted_tweet", "true") query.Add("include_tweet_replies", "true") query.Add("ext", "mediaStats,highlightedLabel") query.Add("count", "20") } func (api API) GetFeedFor(user_id UserID, cursor string) (TweetResponse, error) { // TODO: this function isn't actually used for anything (APIv2 is used instead) url, err := url.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("%s%d.json", API_USER_TIMELINE_BASE_PATH, user_id)) if err != nil { panic(err) } queryParams := url.Query() add_tweet_query_params(&queryParams) url.RawQuery = queryParams.Encode() var result TweetResponse err = api.do_http(url.String(), cursor, &result) return result, err } /** * Resend the request to get more tweets if necessary * * args: * - user_id: the user's UserID * - response: an "out" parameter; the TweetResponse that tweets, RTs and users will be appended to * - min_tweets: the desired minimum amount of tweets to get */ func (api API) GetMoreTweetsFromFeed(user_id UserID, response *TweetResponse, min_tweets int) error { // TODO user-feed-infinite-fetch: what if you reach the end of the user's timeline? Might loop // forever getting no new tweets last_response := response for last_response.GetCursor() != "" && len(response.GlobalObjects.Tweets) < min_tweets { fresh_response, err := api.GetFeedFor(user_id, last_response.GetCursor()) if err != nil { return err } if fresh_response.GetCursor() == last_response.GetCursor() && len(fresh_response.GlobalObjects.Tweets) == 0 { // Empty response, cursor same as previous: end of feed has been reached return END_OF_FEED } if fresh_response.IsEndOfFeed() { // Response has a pinned tweet, but no other content: end of feed has been reached return END_OF_FEED } last_response = &fresh_response // Copy over the tweets and the users for id, tweet := range last_response.GlobalObjects.Tweets { response.GlobalObjects.Tweets[id] = tweet } for id, user := range last_response.GlobalObjects.Users { response.GlobalObjects.Users[id] = user } fmt.Printf("Have %d tweets, and %d users so far\n", len(response.GlobalObjects.Tweets), len(response.GlobalObjects.Users)) } return nil } func (api *API) GetTweet(id TweetID, cursor string) (TweetResponse, error) { url, err := url.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("%s%d.json", API_CONVERSATION_BASE_PATH, id)) if err != nil { panic(err) } queryParams := url.Query() if cursor != "" { queryParams.Add("referrer", "tweet") } add_tweet_query_params(&queryParams) url.RawQuery = queryParams.Encode() var result TweetResponse err = api.do_http(url.String(), cursor, &result) return result, err } // Resend the request to get more replies if necessary func (api *API) GetMoreReplies(tweet_id TweetID, response *TweetResponse, max_replies int) error { last_response := response for last_response.GetCursor() != "" && len(response.GlobalObjects.Tweets) < max_replies { fresh_response, err := api.GetTweet(tweet_id, last_response.GetCursor()) if err != nil { return err } last_response = &fresh_response // Copy over the tweets and the users for id, tweet := range last_response.GlobalObjects.Tweets { response.GlobalObjects.Tweets[id] = tweet } for id, user := range last_response.GlobalObjects.Users { response.GlobalObjects.Users[id] = user } } return nil }