Twitter on Rails

Twitter on Rails Michael Bleigh, RailsConf 2009 Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

What’s the big f-ing deal? Wednesday, May 6, 2009

MySpace Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Facebook Wednesday, May 6, 2009

How is different? Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Audience. Ben Garney via Flickr Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Public. three-B via Flickr Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Search. Vitó via Flickr Wednesday, May 6, 2009

API. benben via Flickr Wednesday, May 6, 2009

In Code Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Search API Wednesday, May 6, 2009

require 'open-uri' require 'json' def search_twitter_for(query) query = CGI.escape(query) JSON.parse( open(quot;http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=#{query}quot;).read )['results'] end search_twitter_for('RailsConf').collect{|s| s['text']} [ quot;Packing up for #railsconf. Swine flu here we come!quot;, quot;Putting new strings on some guitars for the #RailsConf music jam”, quot;Vegas, baby! All the @contrast boys laying into their first drinks...”, ... ] Wednesday, May 6, 2009

OAuth Wednesday, May 6, 2009

TCM Hitchhiker via Flickr Wednesday, May 6, 2009

There’s a gem for that. ArtWerk via Flickr Wednesday, May 6, 2009

The OAuth Shuffle • Consumer • Request Token • Authorization • Access! Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Sign in with Twitter • Consumer • Request Token • Authorize (Just Once) • Access! Wednesday, May 6, 2009

gem install oauth --version 0.3.2 require 'oauth' require 'json' # register your application at http://twitter.com/apps consumer = OAuth::Consumer.new( 'mykey','mysecret', :site => 'http://twitter.com/' ) request_token = consumer.get_request_token puts request_token.authorize_url # go and visit the authorize URL access_token = request_token.get_access_token me = JSON.parse(access_token.get('/account/verify_credentials.json').body) me['screen_name'] # => 'mbleigh' Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Caveat OAuth • The Advisory (no callbacks) • Solution: One Dev App • Read/Write Inconsistency • Solution: Delete and Recreate Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Rails Wednesday, May 6, 2009

TwitterAuth github.com/mbleigh/twitter-auth Wednesday, May 6, 2009

TwitterAuth makes Rails Twitter apps stupid simple. Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Just enough magic. Steffe via Flickr Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Livecoding! Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Twisteners Who actually listens? Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Application Goals • Log in via Twitter • See a list of top mentioners • Tweet the top three “twisteners” Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Step 1: Credentials Wednesday, May 6, 2009

twitter.com/apps Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Step 2: Template Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Type the Magic Words rails -m http://bit.ly/twitter-rails yourapp Wednesday, May 6, 2009

TwitterAuth • Engines-based login • logged_in? and current_user • user.twitter.get(‘/api/path’) Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Twitter Template • helpers for common twitter needs • instant gratification Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Step 3: Aggregate Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Step 4: Share Wednesday, May 6, 2009

twisteners.heroku.com github.com/mbleigh/twisteners Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Follow me: @mbleigh Wednesday, May 6, 2009

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Twitter on Rails

by Michael Bleigh on May 06, 2009

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