cmichi / twitterwall

Display topic-related tweets in realtime. Using node.js, socket.io & jQuery.

Twitterwall

This is a very basic twitterwall. The project takes use of the Twitter Streaming API to show new tweets in soft realtime.

A public instance is available via http://twitterwall.creal.de.

How it looks

ToDo

• enable different filtering options (follow users, locations)
• show images from tweets. Idea: do this by showing the tweet twice as long and alternating between text and image.

Installation

First you should get credentials for accessing the Twitter API. Those can be obtained via dev.twitter.com after setting up a new app.

Installing the development version:

git clone https://github.com/cmichi/twitterwall.git
cd twitterwall/
npm install

# create a file containing the twitter auth details
cat > config.js
exports.consumer_key = 'key';
exports.consumer_secret = 'secret';
exports.access_token_key = 'key';
exports.access_token_secret = 'secret';
^C

cd lib/ntwitter/
npm install
cd ../../

# does your webserver support websockets? if not:
# export NO_WS_SUPPORT=1

node server.js

Then open http://localhost:3000/. To stream a specific keyword use http://localhost:3000/?term=keyword.

Libraries & Icons

• express
• socket.io
• ntwitter
• fancybox
• parseUri
• jquery-textfill

License

Copyright (c) 2013

	Michael Mueller <http://micha.elmueller.net/>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

twitterwall's Issues

ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

if this still active, could someone help me out? After starting the server, and providing the creds and everything, i am getting the following error:

universalModuleDefinition:2 GET http://localhost/socket.io/?EIO=3&transport=polling&t=M53onLr net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

Does this code still work?

Hi, I followed the instructions and installed on a new Ubuntu Server. When I type node server.js it doesn't seem to start anything up that listens on port 3000. How can I debug?

Resize font for loaded tweets

Hi Michi,

the fonts aren't automatically adjusted if a new tweet appears. At the moment I have to resize the window first and maximize it again which leads to a readjustment of the font of all displayed tweets. Should be nice if the font size would be adjusted immediately.

Cheers,
Falco