// Fetch stats from Twitter and store it for display by the web interface.
func fetchStats(api *anaconda.TwitterApi) error {
handles := strings.Join(democrats, ",") + "," + strings.Join(republicans, ",")
users, err := api.GetUsersLookup(handles, url.Values{})
if err != nil {
return err
}
t := make([]TwitterInfo, len(users))
for i, u := range users {
t[i].Name = u.Name
t[i].Image = u.ProfileImageURL
t[i].Followers = u.FollowersCount
t[i].Tweets = u.StatusesCount
for _, d := range democrats {
if u.ScreenName == d {
t[i].Democrat = true
break
}
}
}
sort.Sort(ByFollowers(t))
stats.Put(t)
return nil
}
