Find Twitter Feeds of candidates

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Given a ward, find a candidate with a Twitter handle. Add all their friends to a collection of Twitter handles for their party in their council area. Then for each other candidate in that party and council area, check the collection for matches.

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DemocracyClub API notes:

https://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/
{
    "persons": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/persons/",
    "organizations": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/organizations/",
    "posts": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/posts/",
    "elections": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/elections/",
    "party_sets": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/party_sets/",
    "images": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/images/",
    "post_elections": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/post_elections/",
    "memberships": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/memberships/",
    "logged_actions": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/logged_actions/",
    "extra_fields": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/extra_fields/",
    "simple_fields": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/simple_fields/",
    "complex_fields": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/complex_fields/",
    "person_redirects": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/person_redirects/",
    "council_elections": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/council_elections/",
    "candidate_results": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/candidate_results/",
    "post_results": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/post_results/",
    "result_sets": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/result_sets/",
    "candidates_for_postcode": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/candidates_for_postcode/"
}

• persons: candidates

    "id": 36012,
    "url": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/persons/36012/",
    "name": "David Millican",
    "other_names": [],
    "identifiers": [
        {
            "identifier": "349734093",
            "scheme": "twitter"
        }
    ],
    "honorific_prefix": "",
    "honorific_suffix": "",
    "sort_name": "",
    "email": "david.millican@btinternet.com",
    "gender": "male",
    "birth_date": "",
    "death_date": "",
    "versions": [
        {
            "information_source": "https://www.ealingconservatives.org.uk/northfield",
            "timestamp": "2018-04-19T21:33:56.834913",
            "username": "milhouse",
            "data": {
                "facebook_page_url": "",
                "name": "David Millican",
                "honorific_suffix": "",
                "party_ppc_page_url": "https://www.ealingconservatives.org.uk/person/cllr-david-millican-northfield",
                "gender": "male",
                "image": null,
                "identifiers": [
                    {
                        "scheme": "twitter",
                        "identifier": "349734093"
                    }
                ],
                "facebook_personal_url": "https://www.facebook.com/david.millican.73",
                "honorific_prefix": "",
                "twitter_username": "David_Millican",
                "standing_in": {
                    "local.ealing.2018-05-03": {
                        "post_id": "LBW:E05000182",
                        "name": "Northfield"
                    }
                },
                "homepage_url": "",
                "linkedin_url": "",
                "extra_fields": {
                    "favourite_biscuits": ""
                },
                "wikipedia_url": "",
                "party_memberships": {
                    "local.ealing.2018-05-03": {
                        "id": "party:52",
                        "name": "Conservative and Unionist Party"
                    }
                },
                "birth_date": "",
                "email": "david.millican@btinternet.com",
                "other_names": [],
                "id": "36012",
                "biography": "David is deeply committed to serving the Northfields community he has represented since 2006, and where he has lived, with his family, for over 35 years. He is passionate about improving the life chances of young people. He is a governor of two local schools, Fielding Primary School and the new Ealing Fields High School, and chairs the board of trustees of a local not-for-profit charity and social enterprise, Cultivate London, which employs young disadvantaged to improve the environment."
            },
            "version_id": "1c058c86b49bd55e"
        },
        {
            "information_source": "Approved a photo upload from milhouse",
            "timestamp": "2018-03-28T13:55:29.998038",
            "username": "j0e_m",
            "data": {
                "facebook_page_url": "",
                "name": "David Millican",
                "other_names": [],
                "honorific_suffix": "",
                "party_ppc_page_url": "https://www.ealingconservatives.org.uk/person/cllr-david-millican-northfield",
                "gender": "male",
                "extra_fields": {
                    "favourite_biscuits": ""
                },
                "identifiers": [
                    {
                        "scheme": "twitter",
                        "identifier": "349734093"
                    }
                ],
                "facebook_personal_url": "https://www.facebook.com/david.millican.73",
                "id": "36012",
                "standing_in": {
                    "local.ealing.2018-05-03": {
                        "post_id": "LBW:E05000182",
                        "name": "Northfield"
                    }
                },
                "honorific_prefix": "",
                "linkedin_url": "",
                "homepage_url": "https://www.ealingconservatives.org.uk/",
                "twitter_username": "David_Millican",
                "wikipedia_url": "",
                "party_memberships": {
                    "local.ealing.2018-05-03": {
                        "id": "party:52",
                        "name": "Conservative and Unionist Party"
                    }
                },
                "birth_date": "",
                "image": null,
                "email": "",
                "biography": ""
            },
            "version_id": "73f1d89391e4db65"
        },
        {
            "information_source": "Conservative Leaflets",
            "timestamp": "2018-03-27T19:53:53.289952",
            "username": "milhouse",
            "data": {
                "facebook_page_url": "",
                "name": "David Millican",
                "honorific_suffix": "",
                "party_ppc_page_url": "https://www.ealingconservatives.org.uk/person/cllr-david-millican-northfield",
                "gender": "male",
                "extra_fields": {
                    "favourite_biscuits": ""
                },
                "identifiers": [
                    {
                        "scheme": "twitter",
                        "identifier": "349734093"
                    }
                ],
                "other_names": [],
                "homepage_url": "https://www.ealingconservatives.org.uk/",
                "email": "",
                "honorific_prefix": "",
                "standing_in": {
                    "local.ealing.2018-05-03": {
                        "post_id": "LBW:E05000182",
                        "name": "Northfield"
                    }
                },
                "facebook_personal_url": "https://www.facebook.com/david.millican.73",
                "linkedin_url": "",
                "twitter_username": "David_Millican",
                "wikipedia_url": "",
                "party_memberships": {
                    "local.ealing.2018-05-03": {
                        "id": "party:52",
                        "name": "Conservative and Unionist Party"
                    }
                },
                "birth_date": "",
                "image": null,
                "id": "36012",
                "biography": ""
            },
            "version_id": "257ac68b976c5950"
        }
    ],
    "contact_details": [
        {
            "contact_type": "twitter",
            "label": "",
            "note": "",
            "value": "David_Millican"
        }
    ],
    "links": [
        {
            "note": "facebook personal",
            "url": "https://www.facebook.com/david.millican.73"
        },
        {
            "note": "party candidate page",
            "url": "https://www.ealingconservatives.org.uk/person/cllr-david-millican-northfield"
        }
    ],
    "memberships": [
        {
            "id": 155852,
            "url": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/memberships/155852/",
            "label": "",
            "role": "Candidate",
            "elected": null,
            "party_list_position": null,
            "person": {
                "id": 36012,
                "url": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/persons/36012/",
                "name": "David Millican"
            },
            "organization": null,
            "on_behalf_of": {
                "id": "party:52",
                "url": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/organizations/party:52/",
                "name": "Conservative and Unionist Party"
            },
            "post": {
                "id": "LBW:E05000182",
                "url": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/posts/LBW:E05000182/",
                "label": "Northfield",
                "slug": "LBW:E05000182"
            },
            "start_date": null,
            "end_date": null,
            "election": {
                "id": "local.ealing.2018-05-03",
                "url": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/elections/local.ealing.2018-05-03/",
                "name": "Ealing local election"
            }
        }
    ],
    "images": [
        {
            "id": 10926,
            "url": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/images/10926/",
            "source": "Uploaded by milhouse: Approved from photo moderation queue",
            "is_primary": true,
            "md5sum": "41fd3f3c7452f40bceb82efa7c67959f",
            "copyright": "profile-photo",
            "uploading_user": "milhouse",
            "user_notes": "",
            "user_copyright": "profile-photo",
            "notes": "Approved from photo moderation queue",
            "image_url": "/media/images/images/36012.png",
            "content_object": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/persons/36012/"
        }
    ],
    "extra_fields": [
        {
            "key": "favourite_biscuits",
            "value": "",
            "type": "line"
        }
    ],
    "thumbnail": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/media/cache/a7/b0/a7b0c1a5748bc72938ab753fc69f2433.jpg"
}

• organizations: Parties

        {
            "id": "party:107",
            "url": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/organizations/party:107/",
            "name": "United Kingdom Unionist Party U.K.U.P.",
            "other_names": [],
            "identifiers": [
                {
                    "identifier": "party:107",
                    "scheme": "popit-organization"
                },
                {
                    "identifier": "PP107",
                    "scheme": "electoral-commission"
                }
            ],
            "classification": "Party",
            "parent": null,
            "founding_date": "1999-01-14",
            "dissolution_date": "2008-09-04",
            "contact_details": [],
            "images": [],
            "links": [],
            "sources": [],
            "register": "Northern Ireland",
            "party_sets": [
                {
                    "id": 2,
                    "url": "http://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/v0.9/party_sets/2/",
                    "name": "Northern Ireland",
                    "slug": "ni"
                }
            ]
        },