Get the first follower of a channel

first_follower.py

import requests
from dateutil.parser import parse

channel = "lassiz"
client_id = "INSERT TWITCH CLIENT ID HERE"
number_of_followers_to_print = 100


url = "https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/{}/follows".format(channel)
payload = {
    "direction": "asc",
    "limit": "100",
}
headers = {
    "Client-ID": client_id,
}

r = requests.get(url, params=payload, headers=headers).json()

for number, follower in enumerate(r["follows"]):
    if number + 1 > number_of_followers_to_print:
        break
    count = str(number + 1)
    total_followers = int(len(str(r['_total']))) # User for number padding
    print(count.zfill(total_followers), parse(follower["created_at"]), follower["user"]["name"])

requirements.txt

python-dateutil==2.6.1
requests==2.12.4