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
chirp.on_reconnect{ puts "reconnecting..." }
chirp.on_tweet {|t, u| puts "#{t.text} (from #{t.user.name.foreground(:red)} (#{('@' + t.user.screen_name).foreground(:green)}))" }
chirp.on_follow {|t, u| puts "#{t.source.screen_name.foreground(:green)} following #{t.target.screen_name.foreground(:green)}" }
chirp.on_favorite {|t, u| puts "#{t.source.screen_name.foreground(:green)} <3 -> #{t.target_object.text}" }
chirp.on_retweet {|t, u| puts "#{t.source.screen_name.foreground(:green)} RT -> #{t.target_object.text}" }
chirp.on_direct_message {|t, u| puts "DM : #{t.text} (from #{t.sender.name.foreground(:red)} (#{('@' + t.sender.screen_name).foreground(:green)}))" }
chirp.connect(Chirpstream::Connect::User.basic('joshbuddy', 'xxxxxxxx'))

Oauth Usage¶ ↑

chirp = Chirpstream.oauth(consumer_token, consumer_secret)
chirp.on_reconnect{ puts "reconnecting..." }
chirp.on_tweet {|t, u| puts "#{t.text} (from #{t.user.name.foreground(:red)} (#{('@' + t.user.screen_name).foreground(:green)}))" }
chirp.on_follow {|t, u| puts "#{t.source.screen_name.foreground(:green)} following #{t.target.screen_name.foreground(:green)}" }
chirp.on_favorite {|t, u| puts "#{t.source.screen_name.foreground(:green)} <3 -> #{t.target_object.text}" }
chirp.on_retweet {|t, u| puts "#{t.source.screen_name.foreground(:green)} RT -> #{t.target_object.text}" }
chirp.on_direct_message {|t, u| puts "DM : #{t.text} (from #{t.sender.name.foreground(:red)} (#{('@' + t.sender.screen_name).foreground(:green)}))" }
chirp.connect(Chirpstream::Connect::User.oauth(access_token, access_secret))

Multi User Usage¶ ↑

chirp = Chirpstream.new(consumer_token, consumer_secret)

chirp.on_reconnect{ puts "reconnecting..." }
chirp.on_tweet {|t, u| puts "#{t.text} (from #{t.user.name.foreground(:red)} (#{('@' + t.user.screen_name).foreground(:green)}))" }
chirp.on_follow {|t, u| puts "#{t.source.screen_name.foreground(:green)} following #{t.target.screen_name.foreground(:green)}" }
chirp.on_favorite {|t, u| puts "#{t.source.screen_name.foreground(:green)} <3 -> #{t.target_object.text}" }
chirp.on_retweet {|t, u| puts "#{t.source.screen_name.foreground(:green)} RT -> #{t.target_object.text}" }
chirp.on_direct_message {|t, u| puts "DM : #{t.text} (from #{t.sender.name.foreground(:red)} (#{('@' + t.sender.screen_name).foreground(:green)}))" }

chirp.connect(Chirpstream::Connect::User.oauth(access_token1, access_secret1), Chirpstream::Connect::User.oauth(access_token2, access_secret2))