Cool... I added OAuth support and switched to the betastream but no OAuth yet enabled there so I probably beat the roll out (getting 401s on betastream but token works on api.twitter.com so I'm assuming its not up yet :-) ). I'm holding off fixing it to support hydrated items until I see it working though but it may be a useful start at least for testing.
source: http://github.com/zbowling/earlybird usage: earlybird.rb -c consumer_token -s consumer_secret -a access_token -S access_secret [-d] [-f] [-t key,words] [-u url] [-h host] options: -c --consumer_token consumer token -s --consumer_secret consumer secret -a --access_token access token -S --access_secret access secret -r show in reply too (takes a lot of API requests) -d debug mode, read json from stdin -f filter out @replies from users you don't follow -g growl notifications for new tweets -t track keywords separated by commas. -u userstream path. Default: /2b/user.json -h userstream hostname: Default: betastream.twitter.com Zac Bowling @zbowling On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Mark McBride <mmcbr...@twitter.com> wrote: > Then by all means, hack away! > > ---Mark > > http://twitter.com/mccv > > > > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Zac Bowling <zbowl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was going to tackle it if no body else did :-) > > Already started working on a fork my self: > > http://github.com/zbowling/earlybird > > Zac Bowling > > > > > > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Mark McBride <mmcbr...@twitter.com> > wrote: > >> > >> I can hack that together. > >> > >> ---Mark > >> > >> http://twitter.com/mccv > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Zac Bowling <zbowl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Who is updating earlybird? :-P > >> > Zac Bowling > >> > > >> > > >> > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Mark McBride <mmcbr...@twitter.com> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> The hydrated social events (as described in the previous email) are > >> >> now live. Please let me know if you have questions/issues/concerns > >> >> with the new data > >> >> > >> >> ---Mark > >> >> > >> >> http://twitter.com/mccv > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Mark McBride <mmcbr...@twitter.com> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > Userstream previewers: > >> >> > > >> >> > Coming soon there will be a number of changes that may impact > >> >> > applications. > >> >> > > >> >> > The first is support for OAuth 1.0a. When rolled out, you will be > >> >> > able to sign requests to all streaming API endpoints on > >> >> > betastream.twitter.com. This means that you can use OAuth with > both > >> >> > user streams and other streaming calls (filter, sample, etc.) To > >> >> > obtain access tokens use the regular twitter.com OAuth flow, then > >> >> > sign > >> >> > requests to betastream.twitter.com. If you already have an access > >> >> > token you should be able to use it with the streaming API. > >> >> > > >> >> > The second is inclusion of fully hydrated objects for the social > >> >> > events. Instead of just getting a source id, target id, and target > >> >> > object id you will get the full user object in source and target > >> >> > fields, and the full status in the target object field (if > >> >> > applicable). You will also get a "created_at" field that indicates > >> >> > the time the social event was created. This should dramatically > >> >> > reduce > >> >> > the number of REST API calls needed to build a client. Note that > >> >> > most > >> >> > parsers shouldn't need to change -- the ID field will still be set, > >> >> > you will just have more fields available. The format is the same as > >> >> > statuses retrieved via the rest API, with following exceptions: > >> >> > > >> >> > 1) The user's latest status may not be included > >> >> > 2) The user's status count may not be included > >> >> > 3) The user's favorites count may not be included > >> >> > > >> >> > An example of a hydrated social event is > >> >> > > >> >> > {"created_at"=>"Mon May 03 17:42:55 +0000 2010", > >> >> > "target_object"=> > >> >> > {"coordinates"=>nil, > >> >> > "truncated"=>false, > >> >> > "created_at"=>"Sun Jun 28 23:10:35 +0000 2009", > >> >> > "favorited"=>false, > >> >> > "contributors"=>nil, > >> >> > "text"=>"looking at cricket eyes!", > >> >> > "id"=>4, > >> >> > "geo"=>nil, > >> >> > "in_reply_to_user_id"=>nil, > >> >> > "source"=>"web", > >> >> > "place"=>nil, > >> >> > "user"=> > >> >> > {"profile_background_tile"=>false, > >> >> > "name"=>"Ray", > >> >> > "profile_sidebar_border_color"=>"87bc44", > >> >> > "profile_sidebar_fill_color"=>"e0ff92", > >> >> > "location"=>nil, > >> >> > "created_at"=>"Mon Apr 12 00:00:00 +0000 2010", > >> >> > "profile_image_url"=>"/images/default_profile_4_normal.png", > >> >> > "profile_link_color"=>"0000ff", > >> >> > "contributors_enabled"=>false, > >> >> > "url"=>nil, > >> >> > "favourites_count"=>1, > >> >> > "id"=>4, > >> >> > "utc_offset"=>-21600, > >> >> > "profile_text_color"=>"000000", > >> >> > "protected"=>true, > >> >> > "lang"=>"en", > >> >> > "followers_count"=>3, > >> >> > "notifications"=>nil, > >> >> > "verified"=>false, > >> >> > "description"=>nil, > >> >> > "profile_background_color"=>"9ae4e8", > >> >> > "geo_enabled"=>false, > >> >> > "time_zone"=>"Saskatchewan", > >> >> > "profile_background_image_url"=>"/images/themes/theme1/bg.png", > >> >> > "statuses_count"=>1, > >> >> > "friends_count"=>3, > >> >> > "screen_name"=>"ray", > >> >> > "following"=>nil}, > >> >> > "in_reply_to_screen_name"=>nil, > >> >> > "in_reply_to_status_id"=>nil}, > >> >> > "event"=>"favorite", > >> >> > "target"=> > >> >> > {"profile_background_tile"=>false, > >> >> > "name"=>"Ray", > >> >> > "profile_sidebar_border_color"=>"87bc44", > >> >> > "profile_sidebar_fill_color"=>"e0ff92", > >> >> > "location"=>nil, > >> >> > "created_at"=>"Mon Apr 12 00:00:00 +0000 2010", > >> >> > "profile_image_url"=>"/images/default_profile_4_normal.png", > >> >> > "profile_link_color"=>"0000ff", > >> >> > "contributors_enabled"=>false, > >> >> > "url"=>nil, > >> >> > "favourites_count"=>1, > >> >> > "id"=>4, > >> >> > "utc_offset"=>-21600, > >> >> > "profile_text_color"=>"000000", > >> >> > "protected"=>true, > >> >> > "lang"=>"en", > >> >> > "followers_count"=>3, > >> >> > "notifications"=>nil, > >> >> > "verified"=>false, > >> >> > "description"=>nil, > >> >> > "profile_background_color"=>"9ae4e8", > >> >> > "geo_enabled"=>false, > >> >> > "time_zone"=>"Saskatchewan", > >> >> > "profile_background_image_url"=>"/images/themes/theme1/bg.png", > >> >> > "statuses_count"=>1, > >> >> > "friends_count"=>3, > >> >> > "screen_name"=>"ray", > >> >> > "following"=>nil}, > >> >> > "source"=> > >> >> > {"profile_background_tile"=>false, > >> >> > "name"=>"Jack", > >> >> > "profile_sidebar_border_color"=>"87bc44", > >> >> > "profile_sidebar_fill_color"=>"e0ff92", > >> >> > "location"=>"San Francisco", > >> >> > "created_at"=>"Wed Apr 28 00:00:00 +0000 2010", > >> >> > "profile_image_url"=> > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > " > http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_development/profile_images/2/jack_normal.jpg > ", > >> >> > "profile_link_color"=>"0000ff", > >> >> > "contributors_enabled"=>false, > >> >> > "url"=>nil, > >> >> > "favourites_count"=>0, > >> >> > "id"=>3, > >> >> > "utc_offset"=>-28800, > >> >> > "profile_text_color"=>"000000", > >> >> > "protected"=>true, > >> >> > "lang"=>"en", > >> >> > "followers_count"=>2, > >> >> > "notifications"=>nil, > >> >> > "verified"=>false, > >> >> > "description"=>"love, love", > >> >> > "profile_background_color"=>"9ae4e8", > >> >> > "geo_enabled"=>false, > >> >> > "time_zone"=>"Pacific Time (US & Canada)", > >> >> > "profile_background_image_url"=>"/images/themes/theme1/bg.png", > >> >> > "statuses_count"=>1, > >> >> > "friends_count"=>2, > >> >> > "screen_name"=>"jack", > >> >> > "following"=>nil}} > >> >> > > >> >> > The third is an improvement to the direct message payload. > Currently > >> >> > it's a bit of a pain to disambiguate statuses and DMs. We'll be > >> >> > wrapping direct messages in a higher level "direct_message" object, > >> >> > e.g. > >> >> > > >> >> > {"direct_message"=> > >> >> > {"created_at"=>"Wed Apr 28 14:56:31 +0000 2010", > >> >> > "sender_screen_name"=>"user1", > >> >> > "sender"=> > >> >> > {"profile_background_tile"=>false, > >> >> > "name"=>"User1", > >> >> > "profile_sidebar_border_color"=>"87bc44", > >> >> > "profile_sidebar_fill_color"=>"e0ff92", > >> >> > "location"=>"San Francisco", > >> >> > "created_at"=>"Wed Apr 28 00:00:00 +0000 2010", > >> >> > "profile_image_url"=> > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > " > http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_development/profile_images/2/user1_normal.jpg > ", > >> >> > "profile_link_color"=>"0000ff", > >> >> > "contributors_enabled"=>false, > >> >> > "url"=>nil, > >> >> > "favourites_count"=>0, > >> >> > "id"=>3, > >> >> > "utc_offset"=>-28800, > >> >> > "profile_text_color"=>"000000", > >> >> > "protected"=>true, > >> >> > "lang"=>"en", > >> >> > "followers_count"=>2, > >> >> > "notifications"=>nil, > >> >> > "verified"=>false, > >> >> > "description"=>"love, love", > >> >> > "profile_background_color"=>"9ae4e8", > >> >> > "geo_enabled"=>false, > >> >> > "time_zone"=>"Pacific Time (US & Canada)", > >> >> > "profile_background_image_url"=>"/images/themes/theme1/bg.png", > >> >> > "statuses_count"=>1, > >> >> > "friends_count"=>2, > >> >> > "screen_name"=>"user1", > >> >> > "following"=>nil}, > >> >> > "text"=>"holy calamity scream insanity", > >> >> > "recipient_screen_name"=>"user2", > >> >> > "id"=>1, > >> >> > "recipient"=> > >> >> > {"profile_background_tile"=>false, > >> >> > "name"=>"User2", > >> >> > "profile_sidebar_border_color"=>"87bc44", > >> >> > "profile_sidebar_fill_color"=>"e0ff92", > >> >> > "location"=>nil, > >> >> > "created_at"=>"Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 +0000 2010", > >> >> > "profile_image_url"=>"/images/default_profile_5_normal.png", > >> >> > "profile_link_color"=>"0000ff", > >> >> > "contributors_enabled"=>true, > >> >> > "url"=>"http://twitter.com/user2";, > >> >> > "favourites_count"=>0, > >> >> > "id"=>5, > >> >> > "utc_offset"=>19800, > >> >> > "profile_text_color"=>"000000", > >> >> > "protected"=>true, > >> >> > "lang"=>"en", > >> >> > "followers_count"=>4, > >> >> > "notifications"=>nil, > >> >> > "verified"=>false, > >> >> > "description"=>nil, > >> >> > "profile_background_color"=>"9ae4e8", > >> >> > "geo_enabled"=>false, > >> >> > "time_zone"=>"Mumbai", > >> >> > "profile_background_image_url"=>"/images/themes/theme1/bg.png", > >> >> > "statuses_count"=>7, > >> >> > "friends_count"=>4, > >> >> > "screen_name"=>"user2", > >> >> > "following"=>nil}, > >> >> > "recipient_id"=>5, > >> >> > "sender_id"=>3}} > >> >> > > >> >> > Given this structure, all messages are easily disambiguated by > >> >> > looking > >> >> > at the first level of keys in the JSON message > >> >> > > >> >> > 1) If the key "text" exists, this is a status > >> >> > 2) If the key "delete" exists, this is a status deletion > >> >> > 3) If the key "scrub_geo" exists, this is a geo-tagging deletion > >> >> > message > >> >> > 4) If the key "direct_message" exists, this is a direct message > >> >> > 5) If the key "event" exists, this is a social event > >> >> > > >> >> > We realize that email isn't the best way to keep this documented in > >> >> > the long term, and we're working on getting this information onto > >> >> > dev.twitter.com. We'll send out additional notices as these > become > >> >> > available, but we wanted to let you know these changes were coming. > >> >> > > >> >> > ---Mark > >> >> > > >> >> > http://twitter.com/mccv > >> >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > >
