Using Twitter's streaming api.
use Net::Twitter::Stream; Net::Twitter::Stream->new ( user => $username, pass => $password, callback => \&got_tweet, track => 'perl,tinychat,emacs', follow => '27712481,14252288,972651' ); sub got_tweet { my ( $tweet, $json ) = @_; # a hash containing the tweet # and the original json print "By: $tweet->{user}{screen_name}\n"; print "Message: $tweet->{text}\n"; }
The Streaming verson of the Twitter API allows near-realtime access to various subsets of Twitter public statuses.
The /1/status/filter.json api call can be use to track up to 200 keywords and to follow 200 users.
HTTP Basic authentication is supported (no OAuth yet) so you will need a twitter account to connect.
JSON format is only supported. Twitter may depreciate XML.
More details at: http://dev.twitter.com/pages/streaming_api
Options user, pass: required, twitter account user/password callback: required, a subroutine called on each received tweet
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To install Net::Twitter::Stream, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Net::Twitter::Stream
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Net::Twitter::Stream
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.