Chirpstream¶ ↑

About¶ ↑

This is an experimental EventMachine-based client for chirpstream.twitter.com.

Fun Things You Can Do At Home¶ ↑

Fire up the growl client!

sudo gem install chirpstream
chirp_growl

Wow! It’s growling my tweets! How meta.

Usage¶ ↑

require 'rubygems'
require 'chirpstream'
require 'rainbow'

chirp = Chirpstream.new('joshbuddy', 'xxxxxxxx')
chirp.reconnect{ puts "reconnecting..." }
chirp.tweet {|t| puts "#{t.text} (from #{t.user.name.foreground(:red)} (#{('@' + t.user.screen_name).foreground(:green)}))" }
chirp.follow {|t| puts "#{t.source.screen_name.foreground(:green)} following #{t.target.screen_name.foreground(:green)}" }
chirp.favorite {|t| puts "#{t.source.screen_name.foreground(:green)} <3 -> #{t.target_object.text}" }
chirp.retweet {|t| puts "#{t.source.screen_name.foreground(:green)} RT -> #{t.target_object.text}" }
chirp.direct_message {|t| puts "DM : #{t.text} (from #{t.sender.name.foreground(:red)} (#{('@' + t.sender.screen_name).foreground(:green)}))" }
chirp.connect

Oauth Usage¶ ↑

chirp = Chirpstream.new
chirp.consumer_token = "XXX"
chirp.consumer_secret = "XXX"
chirp.access_token = "XXX"
chirp.access_secret = "XXX"
chirp.reconnect{ puts "reconnecting..." }
chirp.tweet {|t| puts "#{t.text} (from #{t.user.name.foreground(:red)} (#{('@' + t.user.screen_name).foreground(:green)}))" }
chirp.follow {|t| puts "#{t.source.screen_name.foreground(:green)} following #{t.target.screen_name.foreground(:green)}" }
chirp.favorite {|t| puts "#{t.source.screen_name.foreground(:green)} <3 -> #{t.target_object.text}" }
chirp.retweet {|t| puts "#{t.source.screen_name.foreground(:green)} RT -> #{t.target_object.text}" }
chirp.direct_message {|t| puts "DM : #{t.text} (from #{t.sender.name.foreground(:red)} (#{('@' + t.sender.screen_name).foreground(:green)}))" }
chirp.connect_oauth