Module: GetTweets

Included in:
TweetTop::User
Defined in:
lib/get_tweets.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#get_conversation(tweet_id, format: "json") ⇒ Object

tweet_id must be a single tweet ID



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# File 'lib/get_tweets.rb', line 36

def get_conversation(tweet_id, format: "json")#tweet_id must be a single tweet ID
    ids = "#{tweet_id}"
    loop do
        tweet = get_tweets(tweet_id, format: "ruby")
        if is_a_reply(tweet)
            tweet_id = tweet["data"][0]["referenced_tweets"][0]["id"]
            ids += ",#{tweet["data"][0]["referenced_tweets"][0]["id"]}"
        else
            break
        end
    end
    return get_tweets(ids, format: format)
end

#get_tweets(tweet_ids, format: "json") ⇒ Object

“tweet_ids” must be a string. If more than one ID’s are given, they must be comma separated



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# File 'lib/get_tweets.rb', line 5

def get_tweets(tweet_ids, format: "json")#"tweet_ids" must be a string. If more than one ID's are given, they must be comma separated
    url = "https://api.twitter.com/2/tweets"
    tweet_ids = tweet_ids.gsub(" ", "")
    params = {
     "ids" => tweet_ids,
        "tweet.fields" => "conversation_id,created_at,public_metrics,id,referenced_tweets",
        "media.fields" => "url",
        "user.fields" => "description,username,url",
        "expansions" => "author_id"            
    }

    options = {
        method: 'get',
        headers: {
            "Authorization": "Bearer #{@bearer_token}"
        },
        params: params
    }

    request = Typhoeus::Request.new(url, options)
    response = request.run

    if format == "ruby"
        return JSON.parse(response.body.to_s) 
    elsif format == "code"
        return response.code 
    else
        return JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(response.body))
    end
end