Class: Twitterland::BackTweets

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• Twitterland::BackTweets

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Includes:

HTTParty

Defined in:

lib/twitterland/back_tweets.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: Unauthenticated

Class Method Summary (collapse)

• + (Object) rubyize_response(response)

  Scrubs the response from Back Tweets to rubyize keys.

• + (Object) search(q, api_key, options = {})

  Return tweet referencing a URL Get your api_key at www.backtype.com/developers.

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# File 'lib/twitterland/back_tweets.rb', line 19

def self.rubyize_response(response)
  results = Hashie::Mash.new
  raise BackTweets::Unauthenticated.new if response.has_key?('error')
  results.total_results = response['totalresults'].to_i
  results.start_index = response['startindex']
  results.items_per_page = response['itemsperpage']
  results.tweets = response['tweets'].map do |tweet|
    new_tweet = Hashie::Mash.new
    tweet.each do |key, value|
      new_tweet[key.to_s.gsub('tweet_', '')] = value
    end
    new_tweet
  end
  results
end

Twitterland::BackTweets.search('http://squeejee.com', 'OU812')

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# File 'lib/twitterland/back_tweets.rb', line 12

def self.search(q, api_key, options={})
  options['itemsperpage'] = options.delete(:items_per_page) if options[:items_per_page]
  rubyize_response(Hashie::Mash.new(get("/search.json", :query => {:q => q, :key => api_key}.merge(options))))
end