From: Joshua Roesslein <jroesslein@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:38:57 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Implemented API.lookup_users()
X-Git-Url: https://vcs.fsf.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=08009fb70a1d3c64c17ce3adc09bb79852cc90ad;p=tweepy.git

Implemented API.lookup_users()

This method allows you to perform a bulk lookup
of users by using their IDs or screen names.

For more info see http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method:-users-lookup
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diff --git a/tweepy/api.py b/tweepy/api.py
index 0d821b5..d6d3e70 100644
--- a/tweepy/api.py
+++ b/tweepy/api.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import mimetypes
 from tweepy.binder import bind_api
 from tweepy.error import TweepError
 from tweepy.parsers import ModelParser
+from tweepy.utils import list_to_csv
 
 
 class API(object):
@@ -142,6 +143,17 @@ class API(object):
         allowed_param = ['id', 'user_id', 'screen_name']
     )
 
+    """ Perform bulk look up of users from user ID or screenname """
+    def lookup_users(self, user_ids=None, screen_names=None):
+        return self._lookup_users(list_to_csv(user_ids), list_to_csv(screen_names))
+
+    _lookup_users = bind_api(
+        path = '/users/lookup.json',
+        payload_type = 'user', payload_list = True,
+        allowed_param = ['user_id', 'screen_name'],
+        require_auth = True
+    )
+
     """ Get the authenticated user """
     def me(self):
         return self.get_user(screen_name=self.auth.get_username())
diff --git a/tweepy/utils.py b/tweepy/utils.py
index 404bd86..fbd090a 100644
--- a/tweepy/utils.py
+++ b/tweepy/utils.py
@@ -92,3 +92,7 @@ def import_simplejson():
 
     return json
 
+def list_to_csv(item_list):
+    if item_list:
+        return ','.join([str(i) for i in item_list])
+