/TweetMigration

A WebGL heatmap of global Twitter activity

Primary LanguageJavaScriptBSD 2-Clause "Simplified" LicenseBSD-2-Clause

Tweet Migration

A WebGL visualization of global Twitter activity

Running

  1. Create a config.json file as described below, then run the following commands:

  2. Install dependencies

    npm install
    
  3. Start the server

    node server.js
    

Configuration

A config.json must be provided in the root of the project.

Required configuration parameters

consumer_key (String)

Your Twitter consumer key.

consumer_secret (String)

Your Twitter consumer secret.

access_token_secret (String)

Your Twitter access token secret.

Optional configuration parameters

debug (Boolean) = false

Show debug information. Logs every tweet to the console.

port (Number) = 3000

The port to run the server on. Overridden by the PORT environment variable.

Sample config.json

{
	"consumer_key": "fsq4YbjfXuQWJRs01XatGR",
	"consumer_secret": "lzXoLOGzxGYeItJ327BGSLcNmZcmPft62x0tHuZYmad",
	"access_token_key": "35870660-0250Io0UYm5NHG6QgM7bq7h9aChvA30FIBYV0j1q,",
	"access_token_secret": "RFabG3sgMgg9DlwoWRZrQRIizQZultYvo2Ek9C0Xp",
	"debug": false,
	"port": 8080
}

Credits

  • Concept, globe, and initial code by Aysegul Yonet
  • Heatmap and streaming server by Larry Davis
  • Earth textures by James Hastings-Trew

Technology

License

BSD license, Copyright © 2013 Aysegul Yonet