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| // Test for Ringo's new async HTTP client with streaming Twitter API | |
| // Run with: | |
| // ringo twitterstream.js KEYWORD | |
| // needs valid user credentials | |
| var username = "user"; | |
| var password = "password"; | |
| include("ringo/term"); | |
| var {Client} = require("ringo/httpclient"); | |
| var client = new Client(100000000); // need a way to disable timeout | |
| var buffer = ""; | |
| client.request({ | |
| url: "http://stream.twitter.com/1/statuses/filter.json", | |
| username: username, | |
| password: password, | |
| data: {track: system.args[1]}, | |
| part: function(content, status, contentType, exchange) { | |
| buffer += content; | |
| try { | |
| var tweet = JSON.parse(buffer); | |
| writeln(BOLD, RED, tweet.user.name + ":", | |
| GREEN, tweet.text); | |
| buffer = ""; | |
| } catch (error) { | |
| // pull emergency brake - we need a streaming JSON API! | |
| if (buffer.length > 500) { | |
| writeln(BOLD, YELLOW, "Discarding", buffer.length, "bytes"); | |
| buffer = ""; | |
| } | |
| // else wait for more bytes | |
| } | |
| return; | |
| }, | |
| error: function(error) { | |
| writeln(BOLD, RED, "ERROR:", error); | |
| } | |
| }); |
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