Module: Chatterbot::Search

Included in:
Bot
Defined in:
lib/chatterbot/search.rb

Overview

handle Twitter searches

Constant Summary collapse

MAX_SEARCH_TWEETS = 
1000

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#exclude_retweets ⇒ Object

modify a query string to exclude retweets from searches



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# File 'lib/chatterbot/search.rb', line 14

def exclude_retweets
  @skip_retweets = true
end

#include_retweets ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/chatterbot/search.rb', line 18

def include_retweets
  @skip_retweets = false
end

#search(queries, opts = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

internal search code



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# File 'lib/chatterbot/search.rb', line 27

def search(queries, opts = {}, &block)
  debug "check for tweets since #{since_id}"

  max_tweets = opts.delete(:limit) || MAX_SEARCH_TWEETS
  
  if queries.is_a?(String)
    queries = [queries]
  end

  #
  # search twitter
  #
  queries.each { |query|
    debug "search: #{query} #{default_opts.merge(opts)}"
    @current_tweet = nil
    client.search( query, default_opts.merge(opts) ).take(max_tweets).each { |s|
      update_since_id(s)
      debug s.text
      if has_whitelist? && !on_whitelist?(s)
        debug "skipping because user not on whitelist"
      elsif block_given? && !on_blacklist?(s) && !skip_me?(s) && !skippable_retweet?(s)
        @current_tweet = s
        yield s
      end
    }
    @current_tweet = nil
  }
end

#skippable_retweet?(t) ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/chatterbot/search.rb', line 22

def skippable_retweet?(t)
  @skip_retweets && t.retweeted_status?
end