Module: Twtail

Defined in:
lib/twtail.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.execute(params = nil) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/twtail.rb', line 14

def self.execute(params=nil)
  trap("INT") { exit }
  params ? self.search(params) : self.help
end

.help ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/twtail.rb', line 19

def self.help
  return("Usage: twtail [xbox+live | from:caffo | '#barcamp']")
end

.search(params) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/twtail.rb', line 23

def self.search(params)
   begin
    pointer   = Time.now-86400
    parameter = CGI::escape(params)
    url       = "http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=#{parameter}"
    feed      = SimpleRSS.parse open(url)
    coder     = HTMLEntities.new

    puts "\033[37m==\033[0m \033[1;32m#{feed.channel.title}\033[0m \033[37m==\033[0m\n\n" unless Module.constants.include?("DEBUG")
    if feed.items[0].published < pointer
      puts "No items found since yesterday"
      exit
    end       

    while 1==1 do
      new_items = false
      begin
        feed  = SimpleRSS.parse open(url) rescue nil
        feed.items.each do |item|
          next if item.published < pointer
          unless Module.constants.include?("DEBUG")
            puts "\033[32m#{item.author.sub(/(\w+).+\n.+/,'\1')}: \033[0m\033[37m#{coder.decode(item.title)}\033[0m"
            new_items = true
          end
        end
      rescue
      end
      puts "\n\n" if new_items == true
      pointer = feed.items[0].published + 1
      break if Module.constants.include?("DEBUG")
      sleep(10)
    end
  rescue
     "No data was found for this criteria. please try with other keywords."
  end
end