TWBlue does not open timelines for protected users when is not possible

src/controller/mainController.py

@@ -631,7 +631,14 @@ class Controller(object):
   dlg = dialogs.userSelection.selectUserDialog(users=users, default=default)
   if dlg.get_response() == widgetUtils.OK:
    buffer = self.get_best_buffer()
-   if utils.if_user_exists(buffer.session.twitter.twitter, dlg.get_user()) != None:
+   usr = utils.if_user_exists(buffer.session.twitter.twitter, dlg.get_user())
+   if usr != None:
+    if usr["protected"] == True:
+     if usr["following"] == False:
+      commonMessageDialogs.no_following()
+      return
+     answer = commonMessageDialogs.protected_user()
+     if answer == widgetUtils.NO: return
     if dlg.get_action() == "tweets":
      if dlg.get_user() in buffer.session.settings["other_buffers"]["timelines"]:
       commonMessageDialogs.timeline_exist()

src/twitter/utils.py

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def get_all_users(tweet, conf):
 def if_user_exists(twitter, user):
  try:
   data = twitter.show_user(screen_name=user)
-  return data["screen_name"]
+  return data
  except TwythonError as err:
   if err.error_code == 404:
    return None

src/wxUI/commonMessageDialogs.py

@@ -38,3 +38,9 @@ def timeline_exist():
 
 def no_tweets():
  return wx.MessageDialog(None, _(u"This user has no tweets. You can't open a timeline for this user"), _(u"Error!"), wx.ICON_ERROR).ShowModal()
+
+def protected_user():
+ return wx.MessageDialog(None, _(u"This is a protected Twitter user. It means you can not open a timeline using the Streaming API. The user's tweets will not update due to a twitter policy. Do you want to continue?"), _(u"Warning"), wx.ICON_WARNING|wx.YES_NO).ShowModal()
+
+def no_following():
+ return wx.MessageDialog(None, _(u"This is a protected user account, you need follow to this user for viewing your tweets or favourites."), _(u"Error"), wx.ICON_ERROR).ShowModal()