Twitter

command line twits and an api wrapper

• Docs
• Rubyforge Page

Install

$ sudo gem install twitter -y

note: the twitter gem now works with hpricot 0.5+

Command Line

The command line gives you several options for user twitter. Simply type twitter to see the options.

# to post an update to twitter
$ twitter post "posting from the twitter gem"
# to see you and your friends timeline
$ twitter timeline

Important Friends

The 0.1.0 update to the gem allowed for putting an array of usernames in your .twitter file and filter your timeline to only those users.

1. Adjust your .twitter file like so

   # .twitter
   # 
   # Please fill in fields like this:
   #
   #  email: bla@bla.com
   #  password: secret
   #
   email: something@something.com
   password: supersecret
   important:
    - mattklawitter
    - oaknd1
    - wharle
    - chasgrundy
    - jerry

2. From the command line do this: $ twitter important

API Wrapping

I do my best to keep it easy to use. Below are some code samples showing a few of the methods.

twit = twit
twit.update('watching veronica mars')
puts "Public Timeline", "=" * 50
twit.timeline(:public).each do |s|
  puts s.text, s.user.name
  puts
end
puts '', "Friends Timeline", "=" * 50
twit.timeline(:friends).each do |s|
  puts s.text, s.user.name
  puts
end
puts '', "You and Your Friends Timeline", "=" * 50
twit.timeline(:user).each do |s|
  puts s.text, s.user.name
  puts
end
puts '', "Your Friends", "=" * 50
twit.friends.each do |u|
  puts u.name, u.status.text
  puts
end
puts '', "jnunemaker's Friends", "=" * 50
twit.friends_for('jnunemaker').each do |u|
  puts u.name
  puts
end
puts '', "Your Followers", "=" * 50
twit.followers.each do |u|
  puts u.name
  puts
end
		

Support

Please leave all support requests and suggestions at the google group.

Uses

• Snitch
• Growl + Twitter
• Twitter Woot Bot (more here)
• Tweet Quicksilver Action
• logging security events to twitter
• Shareomatic is using it for their twitter account

Using the twitter gem for something, let me know and I'll add you above.

Created by John Nunemaker