/// <summary>
/// Retrieves the user's friends using the parameter
/// </summary>
/// <param name="parameter">The parameter used to select the user</param>
/// <param name="auth">The auth object</param>
/// <returns></returns>
private Friends GetFriends(string parameter, AuthObj auth)
{
List <User> tempList = new List <User>();
long cursor = -1;
while (cursor != 0)
{
var friends = new WebHandler(auth).TwitterGetRequest <Friends>(TwitterRequestBuilder.BuildRequest(RequestType.friendsObj, auth, parameter, "count=200", "cursor=" + cursor));
tempList.AddRange(friends.Users);
cursor = friends.NextCursor;
friends = null;
}
Friends result = new Friends();
result.Users = tempList;
tempList = null;
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// The method to retrieve tweets from a specific user.
/// This method can retrieve as few tweets as 200 or as many as the constant TWEETS_TO_RETRIEVE (max. 3200)
/// </summary>
/// <param name="user">The user</param>
/// <param name="auth">The auth object</param>
/// <returns>A list of tweet posted by the user</returns>
private List <Tweet> RetrieveTweets(User user, AuthObj auth)
{
List <Tweet> tweetList = new List <Tweet>();
List <Tweet> tempList = new List <Tweet>();
if (!user.IsProtected)
{
long lastTweetID = 0;
tempList.AddRange(new WebHandler(auth).TwitterGetRequest <List <Tweet> >(TwitterRequestBuilder.BuildRequest(RequestType.tweets, auth, "user_id=" + user.Id, "count=200")));
if (tempList.Count != 0)
{
lastTweetID = tempList.ElementAt(tempList.Count - 1).Id;
tweetList.AddRange(tempList.Where(x => !tweetList.Contains(x)));
while (tweetList.Count < Constants.TWEETS_TO_RETRIEVE)
{
tempList.AddRange(new WebHandler(auth).TwitterGetRequest <List <Tweet> >(TwitterRequestBuilder.BuildRequest(RequestType.tweets, auth, "user_id=" + user.Id, "count=200", "max_id=" + lastTweetID)));
if (tempList.Count == 0 || tempList.ElementAt(tempList.Count - 1).Id == lastTweetID)
{
break;
}
lastTweetID = tempList.ElementAt(tempList.Count - 1).Id;
tweetList.AddRange(tempList.Where(x => !tweetList.Contains(x)));
}
}
}
tempList = null;
return(tweetList);
}