To unfollow GitHub profiles that follow over 1'000 other profiles

unfollow_github_spammers.go

package gh

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/google/go-github/v71/github"
)

func UnfollowSpammers(followercount int) {

	ctx := context.Background()
	service := github.NewClient(nil).WithAuthToken(os.Getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")).Users

	if followercount == 0 {
		followercount = 1000
	}

	page := 1

	for {
		followers, response, _ := service.ListFollowers(ctx, "", &github.ListOptions{Page: page})

		for _, v := range followers {
			follower_user, _, _ := service.Get(ctx, v.GetLogin())

			if follower_user.GetFollowing() > followercount {
				unf_resp, unf_err := service.Unfollow(ctx, follower_user.GetLogin())
				fmt.Println(unf_resp.StatusCode, unf_resp.Status)
				if unf_resp.StatusCode != 204 {
					fmt.Println("API Error HTTP Status", unf_resp.StatusCode, "with message:", unf_resp.Status)
				}
				if unf_err != nil {
					fmt.Println("Could not remove user", v.GetLogin(), "error:", unf_err)
				}
			}
		}

		if response.NextPage == 0 {
			break
		} else {
			page++
		}

	}

}