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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# == Synopsis
#
# Twitter: a simple Ruby client for Twitter.com
#
# == Usage
#
# twitter [OPTION]
#
# -h, --help:
# show help
#
# --repeat x, -n x:
# repeat x times
#
# --usage, -U, -?:
# show usage
#
# -m, --message <message>:
# Message to post
#
# -p, --password <password>:
# Twitter password for username
#
# -q, --quiet
# Do not display messages
#
# -t, --uid <userid>:
# Twitter user ID number. Use this to get status from other twitter user
# i.e. ./twitter.rb -t 17058142
#
# -u, --username <username>:
# Twitter user
=begin
$Revision: 0.2 $
$Date: 2009-11-12 12:51 EST $
Luis Mondesi <lemsx1@gmail.com>
DESCRIPTION:
USAGE: twitter.rb --help
LICENSE: GPL
=end
# defaults:
twitterid = nil
username = nil
password = nil
message = nil
quiet = false
#TODO read start file ~/.twitterrc
#### --------------- do not modify below this line --------------- ####
# libs we need:
require 'rubygems'
require 'hpricot'
require 'net/http'
require 'getoptlong'
require 'rdoc/usage'
opts = GetoptLong.new(
[ '--help', '-h', GetoptLong::NO_ARGUMENT ],
[ '--usage', '-U', '-?', GetoptLong::NO_ARGUMENT ],
[ '--repeat', '-n', GetoptLong::REQUIRED_ARGUMENT ],
[ '--username', '-u', GetoptLong::REQUIRED_ARGUMENT ],
[ '--password', '-p', GetoptLong::REQUIRED_ARGUMENT ],
[ '--message', '-m', GetoptLong::REQUIRED_ARGUMENT ],
[ '--quiet', '-q', GetoptLong::NO_ARGUMENT ],
[ '--uid', '-t', GetoptLong::REQUIRED_ARGUMENT ]
)
opts.each do |opt, arg|
case opt
when '--help'
RDoc::usage
when '--usage'
RDoc::usage
when '--username'
if arg == ''
# this is redundant...
raise "username missing. See --usage"
else
username = arg
end
when '--password'
if arg == ''
raise "password missing. See --usage"
else
password = arg
end
when '--message'
if arg =~ /^\s+$/
raise "message cannot be blank. See --usage"
else
message = arg
end
when '--quiet'
quiet = true
when '--uid'
twitterid = arg
end
end
# helpers
def twitter(user, password, command, opts={}, type=:get)
# Open an HTTP connection to twitter.com
twitter = Net::HTTP.start('twitter.com')
# Depending on the request type, create either
# an HTTP::Get or HTTP::Post object
case type
when :get
# Append the options to the URL
command << "?" + opts.map{|k,v| "#{k}=#{v}" }.join('&')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(command)
when :post
raise "user missing" if not user
raise "password missing" if not password
# Set the form data with options
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(command)
req.set_form_data(opts)
end
# Set up the authentication and
# make the request
req.basic_auth( user, password ) if user and password
res = twitter.request(req)
# Raise an exception unless Twitter
# returned an OK result
unless res.is_a? Net::HTTPOK
doc = Hpricot(res.body)
raise "#{(doc/'request').inner_html}: #{(doc/'error').inner_html}"
end
# Return the request body
return res.body
end
# main()
cmd = {
:user => "/statuses/user_timeline/#{twitterid}.xml",
:friends => "/statuses/friends_timeline.xml",
:update => "/statuses/update.xml",
}
opts = {
'lat' => 40,
'long' => 73
}
doc = nil
# Make an API query and parse the output
if message
if message.length > 139
opts['status'] = message[0..136] + '.' * 3
else
opts['status'] = message
end
doc = Hpricot(twitter(username,password,cmd[:update],opts,:post))
else
# TODO how do I get the ID of this user? so we can do /statuses/show/id.xml
# or at least get the UID of user username
raise "Twitter ID missing" if not twitterid
doc = Hpricot(twitter(username,password,cmd[:user],opts))
end
# If zero statuses were returned, then
# there are no new updates
if not quiet and (doc/'status').length > 0
# Get the time of the first update
#last_id = (doc/'status id').first.inner_html
# Print in reverse order so newest are
# printed at the bottom of the list
st = (doc/'status').first
#user = (st/'user name').inner_html
text = (st/'text').inner_html
# prints text not directed at somebody else
if text !~ /^[[:blank:]]*@/ or text !~ /^[[:blank:]]*d[[:blank:]]+/
puts "<span class='status-body'>
<span class='entry-content'>"
puts "<a href='http://twitter.com/#{username}'>#{text}</a>"
puts " </span>
</span>"
end
end
