gnip-stream is a ruby library to connect and stream data from GNIP. It utilizes EventMachine and threads under the hood to provide a true streaming experience without you having to worry about writing non blocking code.
##Installation
Installing gnip-stream is easy. Simply add the following line to your Gemfile
:
gem 'gnip-stream', :git => "https://github.com/rweald/gnip-stream"
##Simple Usage
require 'gnip-stream'
#To connect to the special twitter powertrack api
twitter_stream = GnipStream::PowertrackClient.new("http://yourstreamingurl.gnip.com", "someuser", "password")
twitter_stream.consume do |message|
#process the message however you want
puts message
end
#To Connect to the Facebook API
facebook_stream = GnipStream::FacebookClient.new("http://yourstreamingurl.gnip.com", "someuser", "password")
facebook_stream.consume do |message|
puts message
end
##Contributors
##License MIT. See LICENSE file for more details.
Special thanks to Sharethrough