ruby code for backing up tweets


	ruby code for backing up tweets

voodoologic

9-17-2009 5:55 PM

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voodoologic says:

ugh, I don't think the clip saved it well, but the code is all good.

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require 'rubygems'
require 'json'
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
class TwitterBackup
def backup(username)
    url = URI::parse('http://twitter.com')
page = 1
    loop do
      req = Net::HTTP::Get.new("/statuses/user_timeline.json?screen_name=#{username}&count=200&page=#{page}")
      res = Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port) {|http| http.request(req) }
if res.body.length &gt; 2
        process_response(JSON.parse(res.body))
      else
        break
      end
page += 1
    end
  end
protected
    def process_response(response_json)
        response_json.each do |tweet|
          puts "#{Time.parse(tweet['created_at']).strftime("%A %d %B %Y at %I:%M%p")}, #{tweet['text']}, #{tweet['source']}, #{tweet['in_reply_to_screen_name']}"
        end
    end
end
TwitterBackup.new.backup(ARGV[0])
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