examples.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
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"""

from periapi import PeriAPI
from periapi import AutoCap

# Initialize API
api = PeriAPI()

# Get a user's ID number (we need this to refer to their account in other API calls)
uid = api.find_user_id('Tito1990')

# Start following someone
api.follow(uid)

# Show entire broadcast history of a user
bc_history = api.get_user_broadcast_history(uid)
print(bc_history)


# show the URL of their most recent broadcast
if len(bc_history) > 0:
    bc_id = bc_history[0]['id']
    print('https://www.periscope.tv/w/' + bc_id)

# Get one frame of the notifications feed (i.e. get notifications from users you're following)
notifications_history = api.notifications
print(notifications_history)


# Show the URL to the most recent broadcast in your notifications stream
if len(notifications_history) > 0:
    bc_id = notifications_history[0]['id']
    print('https://www.periscope.tv/w/' + bc_id)

# Unfollow someone
api.unfollow(uid)

# Needed to prevent multiprocessing from spawning processes recursively on Windows
if __name__ == '__main__':
    cap = AutoCap(api, dict())
    cap.start()