Class: Twitterland::TwitterCounter

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Includes:
HTTParty
Defined in:
lib/twitterland/twitter_counter.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.show(username, results = 365) ⇒ Object

Get Twitter follower stats for a user

Twitterland::TwitterCounter.show('bradleyjoyce')

returns:

tomorrow_2w 
followers_2w_ago 
followers_yesterday 
followers_current 
friends_current 
next_month 
growth_since_2w  
started_followers 
rank 
user_id 
growth_since 
follow_days 
tomorrow 
next_month_2w 
average_growth 
average_growth_2w



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# File 'lib/twitterland/twitter_counter.rb', line 29

def self.show(username, results=365)
  stats =  get("/", :query => {:username => username, :output => 'json', :results => results})
  totals = stats.delete('followersperdate')
  stats = Mash.new stats
  # map values to integers because strings are a PIA for stats
  [
    "tomorrow_2w", 
    "followers_2w_ago", 
    "followers_yesterday", 
    "followers_current", 
    "friends_current", 
    "next_month", 
    "growth_since_2w",  
    "started_followers", 
    "rank", 
    "user_id", 
    "growth_since", 
    "follow_days", 
    "tomorrow", 
    "next_month_2w", 
    "average_growth", 
    "average_growth_2w"
  ].each do |field|
    stats[field] = stats[field].to_i
  end
  # alias user_name because it's named funky
  stats.username = stats.screen_name = stats.user_name
  stats.totals = totals.map{|key, value| [key.gsub('date', ''), value.to_i]}.sort_by{|date, total| Date.parse(date)}.reverse
  stats
end