#!/usr/bin/env python3

from mastodon import Mastodon
import random

# Configuration: Replace these with appropriate values
INSTANCE_URL = "https://mastodon.example"  # Replace with your Mastodon instance
ACCESS_TOKEN = "your_access_token"  # Replace with a valid access token
USERNAME = "target_username"  # Replace with the username whose follows you want to fetch
NUM_TO_PRINT = 5  # Adjust to the desired number of random accounts to print

def get_random_follows(instance_url, access_token, username, num_to_print):
    """Fetch the list of accounts followed by the specified user, shuffle, and return random subset."""
    mastodon = Mastodon(access_token=access_token, api_base_url=instance_url)

    # Get the account ID for the username
    accounts = mastodon.account_search(username, limit=1)
    if not accounts:
        print(f"User '{username}' not found.")
        return []

    user_id = accounts[0]['id']

    # Get the accounts the user follows
    follows = mastodon.account_following(user_id)

    if not follows:
        print("No follows found.")
        return []

    # Extract timeline URLs
    timeline_urls = [f"{instance_url}/@{account['acct']}" for account in follows]

    # Shuffle and select a random subset
    random.shuffle(timeline_urls)
    selected_urls = timeline_urls[:num_to_print]

    return selected_urls

if __name__ == "__main__":
    random_timelines = get_random_follows(INSTANCE_URL, ACCESS_TOKEN, USERNAME, NUM_TO_PRINT)

    if random_timelines:
        print(f"Random {NUM_TO_PRINT} Follower Timelines:")
        for url in random_timelines:
            print(url)
    else:
        print("No results found or an error occurred.")