last_tweet

last_tweet

Ruby gem that displays the most recent tweet from all specified Twitter handles.

Before prompting for user input, a list of the five most popular Twitter accounts is provided based on http://friendorfollow.com/twitter/most-followers/.

For each Twitter handle specified, the latest tweet is displayed by scraping https://twitter.com/handle.

Usage

Run last_tweet after installing the gem.

Example

+ last_tweet

Please specify one or more Twitter handles to see their most recent tweet.
Sample format 1: @twitter_handle
Sample format 2: @twitter_handle1, @twitter_handle2, etc.

If interested the 5 most popular accounts are listed below.
- 1: KATY PERRY - @katyperry
- 2: Justin Bieber - @justinbieber
- 3: Barack Obama - @BarackObama
- 4: Rihanna - @rihanna
- 5: Taylor Swift - @taylorswift13

Whose tweet(s) would you like to see?  Enter exit when finished.
+ @taylorswift13
- @taylorswift13 at 2:24 PM - 5 Feb 2018
- Taylor Swift: The old Taylor can't come to the phone right now.
- Songs I’m loving right now http://Taylor.lk/SongsTaylorLoves …

Whose tweet(s) would you like to see next?  Enter exit when finished.
+ @SpaceX, @elonmusk
- @SpaceX at 7:46 PM - 6 Feb 2018
- SpaceX: SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft.
- Third burn successful. Exceeded Mars orbit and kept going to the Asteroid Belt.pic.twitter.com/bKhRN73WHF

- @elonmusk at 2:01 PM - 7 Feb 2018
- Elon Musk
- Last pic of Starman in Roadster on its journey to Mars orbit and then the Asteroid Belt https://www.instagram.com/p/Be6VZEzgAEk/

Whose tweet(s) would you like to see next?  Enter exit when finished.
+ exit
- Goodbye!

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'last_tweet'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install last_tweet

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/'rhhaynes'/last_tweet. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the LastTweet project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.