twitter_image_parser

TwitterImageParser

TwitterImageParser gem returns the original image source url from the shortened image post url of twitter image sharing services, such as twitpic, twipple and many other.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'twitter_image_parser'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install twitter_image_parser

Usage

require 'twitter_image_parser'

twipple_uri = URI.parse('http://p.twipple.jp/GIb1F')
#=> #<URI::HTTP:0x007f8a913a0c00 URL:http://p.twipple.jp/GIb1F>

twipple_uri.img_url
#=> "http://p.twpl.jp/show/orig/GIb1F"


# return nil if the uri is not valid
dummy_uri = URI.parse('http://example.com')
#=> #<URI::HTTP:0x007f8a913a0c00 URL:http://example.com>

dummy_uri.img_url
#=> nil

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/[my-github-username]/twitter_image_parser/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request