Pupil

Pupil is "Lazy" Twitter API Library for Ruby 1.9.x.

Features

  • Pupil is Dynamic Twitter API Wrapper, can respond flexibly to change specifications of the Twitter API.
  • Ruby on Rails like syntax.
  • Almost Twitter REST API are wrapped. However, some API does not support yet.
  • Twitter Streaming API are supported experimentally.
  • Eyedrops, the interactive Pupil command are contained.

Problems

  • Some REST API are not supported.
  • Unstable
  • No documents

Requirement

  • json and oauth gem
  • Ruby 1.9.x

Installation

gem install pupil

Examples

require "pupil"

oauth_key = {
    :consumer_key => "something",
    :consumer_secret => "something",
    :access_token => "something",
    :access_token_secret => "something"
}

pupil = Pupil.new oauth_key

# Get timeline statuses without replies
pupil.timeline :count => 50, :exclude => :replies

# Follow User
pupil.follow :twitterapi

# Update URL on profile
pupil.update_profile :url => "http://oameya.com"

Using Streaming API

require "pupil/stream"

oauth_key = {
    :consumer_key => "something",
    :consumer_secret => "something",
    :access_token => "something",
    :access_token_secret => "something"
}

stream = Pupil::Stream.new oauth_key

# Userstream
stream.start :userstream do |status|
    if status.event == :retweeted
        puts "This is retweeted status! => #{status.text}"
    end
end

# Search stream
stream.start :search, :track => "#MerryChristmas" do |status|
    puts "Merry christmas, #{status.user.screen_name}!"
end

Making oauth_key

require "pupil/keygen"

keygen = Pupil::Keygen.new
keygen.interactive #=> Generate pupil_key interactively

Eyedrops, the interactive Pupil

> eyedrops -h
> eyedrops -u [name] -i
eyedrops> twitter.timeline :count => 10
...

Contributing to pupil

  • Check out the latest master to make sure the feature hasn't been implemented or the bug hasn't been fixed yet
  • Check out the issue tracker to make sure someone already hasn't requested it and/or contributed it
  • Fork the project
  • Start a feature/bugfix branch
  • Commit and push until you are happy with your contribution
  • Make sure to add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a future version unintentionally.
  • Please try not to mess with the Rakefile, version, or history. If you want to have your own version, or is otherwise necessary, that is fine, but please isolate to its own commit so I can cherry-pick around it.

Credits

Developer: Oame

License

Copyright (c) 2011 Oame. See LICENSE for further details.