new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  
  # make a list of the bot's friends (whitelist)
  
  import os, configparser, tweepy, inspect, pickle, time
  
  path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())))
  file = os.path.join(path, "friends")
  print "friends file:", file
  
  # read config
  config = configparser.SafeConfigParser()
  config.read(os.path.join(path, "config"))
  
  # your hashtag or search query and tweet language (empty = all languages)
  tweetLanguage = config.get("settings", "tweet_language")
  
  # create bot
  auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(config.get("twitter", "consumer_key"), config.get("twitter", "consumer_secret"))
  auth.set_access_token(config.get("twitter", "access_token"), config.get("twitter", "access_token_secret"))
  api = tweepy.API(auth)
  
  friends = [ ]
  
  # In this example, the handler is time.sleep(15 * 60),
  # but you can of course handle it in any way you want.
  
  def limit_handled(cursor):
      while True:
          try:
              yield cursor.next()
          except tweepy.RateLimitError:
              time.sleep(15 * 60)
  
  for friend in limit_handled(tweepy.Cursor(api.friends).items()):
      print friend.id
      friends.append(friend.id) 
  
  with open(file, mode='wt') as f:
      for s in friends:
              f.write(str(s) + '\n')
  
subject: add friends.py to create a textfile list of the robot's friends for whitelisting