twitter-stream
Simple Ruby client library for twitter streaming API. Uses EventMachine for connection handling. Adheres to twitter's reconnection guidline.
JSON format only.
Install
sudo gem install twitter-stream -s http://gemcutter.org
Usage
require 'rubygems'
require 'twitter/json_stream'
EventMachine::run {
stream = Twitter::JSONStream.connect(
:path => '/1/statuses/filter.json?track=football',
:auth => 'LOGIN:PASSWORD'
)
stream.each_item do |item|
# Do someting with unparsed JSON item.
end
stream.on_error do ||
# No need to worry here. It might be an issue with Twitter.
# Log message for future reference. JSONStream will try to reconnect after a timeout.
end
stream.on_max_reconnects do |timeout, retries|
# Something is wrong on your side. Send yourself an email.
end
}
Examples
Open examples/reader.rb. Replace LOGIN:PASSWORD with your real twitter login and password. And ruby examples/reader.rb