feat: add following and followers commands

Add two new commands to list users: - `bird following` - list users that you (or another user) follow - `bird followers` - list users that follow you (or another user) Both commands support: - `--user <userId>` to query another user's following/followers - `-n <count>` to limit results - `--json` for structured output Uses Twitter's GraphQL Following/Followers endpoints with proper feature flags and query ID rotation support.
2026-01-01 09:06:17 +13:00
parent f264e36cbe
commit 34f45fece7
4 changed files with 383 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ bird mentions --user @steipete -n 5
 # Bookmarks
 bird bookmarks -n 5

+# Following (who you follow)
+bird following -n 20
+bird following --user 12345678 -n 10  # by user ID
+
+# Followers (who follows you)
+bird followers -n 20
+bird followers --user 12345678 -n 10  # by user ID
+
 # Refresh GraphQL query IDs cache (no rebuild)
 bird query-ids --fresh
 ```
@@ -68,6 +76,8 @@ bird query-ids --fresh
 - `bird search "<query>" [-n count] [--json]` — search for tweets matching a query.
 - `bird mentions [-n count] [--user @handle] [--json]` — find tweets mentioning a user (defaults to the authenticated user).
 - `bird bookmarks [-n count] [--json]` — list your bookmarked tweets.
+- `bird following [--user <userId>] [-n count] [--json]` — list users that you (or another user) follow.
+- `bird followers [--user <userId>] [-n count] [--json]` — list users that follow you (or another user).
 - `bird whoami` — print which Twitter account your cookies belong to.
 - `bird check` — show which credentials are available and where they were sourced from.

@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ const KNOWN_COMMANDS = new Set([
  'search',
  'mentions',
  'bookmarks',
+  'following',
+  'followers',
  'help',
  'whoami',
  'check',
@@ -741,6 +743,132 @@ program
    }
  });

+// Following command - get users that a user follows
+program
+  .command('following')
+  .description('Get users that you (or another user) follow')
+  .option('--user <userId>', 'User ID to get following for (defaults to current user)')
+  .option('-n, --count <number>', 'Number of users to fetch', '20')
+  .option('--json', 'Output as JSON')
+  .action(async (cmdOpts: { user?: string; count?: string; json?: boolean }) => {
+    const opts = program.opts();
+    const timeoutMs = resolveTimeoutFromOptions(opts);
+    const count = Number.parseInt(cmdOpts.count || '20', 10);
+
+    const { cookies, warnings } = await resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
+
+    for (const warning of warnings) {
+      console.error(`${p('warn')}${warning}`);
+    }
+
+    if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
+      console.error(`${p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs });
+
+    // Get user ID - either from option or current user
+    let userId = cmdOpts.user;
+    if (!userId) {
+      const currentUser = await client.getCurrentUser();
+      if (!currentUser.success || !currentUser.user?.id) {
+        console.error(`${p('err')}Failed to get current user: ${currentUser.error || 'Unknown error'}`);
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+      userId = currentUser.user.id;
+    }
+
+    const result = await client.getFollowing(userId, count);
+
+    if (result.success && result.users) {
+      if (cmdOpts.json) {
+        console.log(JSON.stringify(result.users, null, 2));
+      } else {
+        if (result.users.length === 0) {
+          console.log('No users found.');
+        } else {
+          for (const user of result.users) {
+            console.log(`@${user.username} (${user.name})`);
+            if (user.description) {
+              console.log(`  ${user.description.slice(0, 100)}${user.description.length > 100 ? '...' : ''}`);
+            }
+            if (user.followers_count !== undefined) {
+              console.log(`  ${p('info')}${user.followers_count.toLocaleString()} followers`);
+            }
+            console.log('──────────────────────────────────────────────────');
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      console.error(`${p('err')}Failed to fetch following: ${result.error}`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  });
+
+// Followers command - get users that follow a user
+program
+  .command('followers')
+  .description('Get users that follow you (or another user)')
+  .option('--user <userId>', 'User ID to get followers for (defaults to current user)')
+  .option('-n, --count <number>', 'Number of users to fetch', '20')
+  .option('--json', 'Output as JSON')
+  .action(async (cmdOpts: { user?: string; count?: string; json?: boolean }) => {
+    const opts = program.opts();
+    const timeoutMs = resolveTimeoutFromOptions(opts);
+    const count = Number.parseInt(cmdOpts.count || '20', 10);
+
+    const { cookies, warnings } = await resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
+
+    for (const warning of warnings) {
+      console.error(`${p('warn')}${warning}`);
+    }
+
+    if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
+      console.error(`${p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs });
+
+    // Get user ID - either from option or current user
+    let userId = cmdOpts.user;
+    if (!userId) {
+      const currentUser = await client.getCurrentUser();
+      if (!currentUser.success || !currentUser.user?.id) {
+        console.error(`${p('err')}Failed to get current user: ${currentUser.error || 'Unknown error'}`);
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+      userId = currentUser.user.id;
+    }
+
+    const result = await client.getFollowers(userId, count);
+
+    if (result.success && result.users) {
+      if (cmdOpts.json) {
+        console.log(JSON.stringify(result.users, null, 2));
+      } else {
+        if (result.users.length === 0) {
+          console.log('No users found.');
+        } else {
+          for (const user of result.users) {
+            console.log(`@${user.username} (${user.name})`);
+            if (user.description) {
+              console.log(`  ${user.description.slice(0, 100)}${user.description.length > 100 ? '...' : ''}`);
+            }
+            if (user.followers_count !== undefined) {
+              console.log(`  ${p('info')}${user.followers_count.toLocaleString()} followers`);
+            }
+            console.log('──────────────────────────────────────────────────');
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      console.error(`${p('err')}Failed to fetch followers: ${result.error}`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  });
+
 // Whoami command - show the logged-in account
 program
  .command('whoami')
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@
  "CreateRetweet": "LFho5rIi4xcKO90p9jwG7A",
  "FavoriteTweet": "lI07N6Otwv1PhnEgXILM7A",
  "TweetDetail": "97JF30KziU00483E_8elBA",
-  "SearchTimeline": "M1jEez78PEfVfbQLvlWMvQ"
+  "SearchTimeline": "M1jEez78PEfVfbQLvlWMvQ",
+  "Following": "BEkNpEt5pNETESoqMsTEGA",
+  "Followers": "kuFUYP9eV1FPoEy4N-pi7w"
 }
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ const FALLBACK_QUERY_IDS = {
  SearchTimeline: 'M1jEez78PEfVfbQLvlWMvQ',
  UserArticlesTweets: '8zBy9h4L90aDL02RsBcCFg',
  Bookmarks: 'RV1g3b8n_SGOHwkqKYSCFw',
+  Following: 'BEkNpEt5pNETESoqMsTEGA',
+  Followers: 'kuFUYP9eV1FPoEy4N-pi7w',
 } as const;

 type OperationName = keyof typeof FALLBACK_QUERY_IDS;
@@ -240,6 +242,24 @@ export interface CurrentUserResult {
  error?: string;
 }

+export interface TwitterUser {
+  id: string;
+  username: string;
+  name: string;
+  description?: string;
+  followers_count?: number;
+  following_count?: number;
+  is_blue_verified?: boolean;
+  profile_image_url?: string;
+  created_at?: string;
+}
+
+export interface FollowingResult {
+  success: boolean;
+  users?: TwitterUser[];
+  error?: string;
+}
+
 export interface TwitterClientOptions {
  cookies: TwitterCookies;
  userAgent?: string;
@@ -1987,4 +2007,226 @@ export class TwitterClient {

    return { success: false, error: firstAttempt.error };
  }
+
+  private buildFollowingFeatures(): Record<string, boolean> {
+    return {
+      rweb_video_screen_enabled: true,
+      profile_label_improvements_pcf_label_in_post_enabled: false,
+      responsive_web_profile_redirect_enabled: true,
+      rweb_tipjar_consumption_enabled: true,
+      verified_phone_label_enabled: false,
+      creator_subscriptions_tweet_preview_api_enabled: true,
+      responsive_web_graphql_timeline_navigation_enabled: true,
+      responsive_web_graphql_skip_user_profile_image_extensions_enabled: false,
+      premium_content_api_read_enabled: true,
+      communities_web_enable_tweet_community_results_fetch: true,
+      c9s_tweet_anatomy_moderator_badge_enabled: true,
+      responsive_web_grok_analyze_button_fetch_trends_enabled: false,
+      responsive_web_grok_analyze_post_followups_enabled: false,
+      responsive_web_jetfuel_frame: false,
+      responsive_web_grok_share_attachment_enabled: false,
+      articles_preview_enabled: true,
+      responsive_web_edit_tweet_api_enabled: true,
+      graphql_is_translatable_rweb_tweet_is_translatable_enabled: true,
+      view_counts_everywhere_api_enabled: true,
+      longform_notetweets_consumption_enabled: true,
+      responsive_web_twitter_article_tweet_consumption_enabled: true,
+      tweet_awards_web_tipping_enabled: true,
+      responsive_web_grok_show_grok_translated_post: false,
+      responsive_web_grok_analysis_button_from_backend: false,
+      creator_subscriptions_quote_tweet_preview_enabled: false,
+      freedom_of_speech_not_reach_fetch_enabled: true,
+      standardized_nudges_misinfo: true,
+      tweet_with_visibility_results_prefer_gql_limited_actions_policy_enabled: true,
+      longform_notetweets_rich_text_read_enabled: true,
+      longform_notetweets_inline_media_enabled: true,
+      responsive_web_grok_image_annotation_enabled: false,
+      responsive_web_grok_imagine_annotation_enabled: false,
+      responsive_web_grok_community_note_auto_translation_is_enabled: false,
+      responsive_web_enhance_cards_enabled: false,
+    };
+  }
+
+  private parseUsersFromInstructions(
+    instructions: Array<{ type?: string; entries?: Array<unknown> }> | undefined,
+  ): TwitterUser[] {
+    if (!instructions) {
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    const users: TwitterUser[] = [];
+
+    for (const instruction of instructions) {
+      if (instruction.type !== 'TimelineAddEntries' || !instruction.entries) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      for (const entry of instruction.entries) {
+        const content = (entry as { content?: { itemContent?: { user_results?: { result?: unknown } } } })?.content;
+        const userResult = content?.itemContent?.user_results?.result as
+          | {
+              __typename?: string;
+              rest_id?: string;
+              is_blue_verified?: boolean;
+              legacy?: {
+                screen_name?: string;
+                name?: string;
+                description?: string;
+                followers_count?: number;
+                friends_count?: number;
+                profile_image_url_https?: string;
+                created_at?: string;
+              };
+              core?: {
+                screen_name?: string;
+                name?: string;
+                created_at?: string;
+              };
+              avatar?: {
+                image_url?: string;
+              };
+            }
+          | undefined;
+
+        if (!userResult || userResult.__typename !== 'User') {
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        const legacy = userResult.legacy;
+        const core = userResult.core;
+
+        users.push({
+          id: userResult.rest_id ?? '',
+          username: legacy?.screen_name ?? core?.screen_name ?? '',
+          name: legacy?.name ?? core?.name ?? '',
+          description: legacy?.description,
+          followers_count: legacy?.followers_count,
+          following_count: legacy?.friends_count,
+          is_blue_verified: userResult.is_blue_verified,
+          profile_image_url: legacy?.profile_image_url_https ?? userResult.avatar?.image_url,
+          created_at: legacy?.created_at ?? core?.created_at,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
+    return users;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get users that a user is following
+   */
+  async getFollowing(userId: string, count = 20): Promise<FollowingResult> {
+    const variables = {
+      userId,
+      count,
+      includePromotedContent: false,
+    };
+
+    const features = this.buildFollowingFeatures();
+
+    const params = new URLSearchParams({
+      variables: JSON.stringify(variables),
+      features: JSON.stringify(features),
+    });
+
+    const queryId = await this.getQueryId('Following');
+    const url = `${TWITTER_API_BASE}/${queryId}/Following?${params.toString()}`;
+
+    try {
+      const response = await this.fetchWithTimeout(url, {
+        method: 'GET',
+        headers: this.getHeaders(),
+      });
+
+      if (!response.ok) {
+        const text = await response.text();
+        return { success: false, error: `HTTP ${response.status}: ${text.slice(0, 200)}` };
+      }
+
+      const data = (await response.json()) as {
+        data?: {
+          user?: {
+            result?: {
+              timeline?: {
+                timeline?: {
+                  instructions?: Array<{ type?: string; entries?: Array<unknown> }>;
+                };
+              };
+            };
+          };
+        };
+        errors?: Array<{ message: string }>;
+      };
+
+      if (data.errors && data.errors.length > 0) {
+        return { success: false, error: data.errors.map((e) => e.message).join(', ') };
+      }
+
+      const instructions = data.data?.user?.result?.timeline?.timeline?.instructions;
+      const users = this.parseUsersFromInstructions(instructions);
+
+      return { success: true, users };
+    } catch (error) {
+      return { success: false, error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error) };
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get users that follow a user
+   */
+  async getFollowers(userId: string, count = 20): Promise<FollowingResult> {
+    const variables = {
+      userId,
+      count,
+      includePromotedContent: false,
+    };
+
+    const features = this.buildFollowingFeatures();
+
+    const params = new URLSearchParams({
+      variables: JSON.stringify(variables),
+      features: JSON.stringify(features),
+    });
+
+    const queryId = await this.getQueryId('Followers');
+    const url = `${TWITTER_API_BASE}/${queryId}/Followers?${params.toString()}`;
+
+    try {
+      const response = await this.fetchWithTimeout(url, {
+        method: 'GET',
+        headers: this.getHeaders(),
+      });
+
+      if (!response.ok) {
+        const text = await response.text();
+        return { success: false, error: `HTTP ${response.status}: ${text.slice(0, 200)}` };
+      }
+
+      const data = (await response.json()) as {
+        data?: {
+          user?: {
+            result?: {
+              timeline?: {
+                timeline?: {
+                  instructions?: Array<{ type?: string; entries?: Array<unknown> }>;
+                };
+              };
+            };
+          };
+        };
+        errors?: Array<{ message: string }>;
+      };
+
+      if (data.errors && data.errors.length > 0) {
+        return { success: false, error: data.errors.map((e) => e.message).join(', ') };
+      }
+
+      const instructions = data.data?.user?.result?.timeline?.timeline?.instructions;
+      const users = this.parseUsersFromInstructions(instructions);
+
+      return { success: true, users };
+    } catch (error) {
+      return { success: false, error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error) };
+    }
+  }
 }