/what-up-twitter

Primary LanguageRuby

What Up Twitter

Goal

A simple Twitter search application. Search for terms or profiles. Results are cached for 5 minutes in order to prevent API throttling problems.

Technical Details

System Dependencies

  • Ruby 1.9.3
  • Bundler
  • PostgreSQL
  • Memcached (non-prod)
  • Memcashier (Heroku)

Environment Setup

ENV: Authentication vars for Twitter are exported to environment variables:

  • TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY
  • TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET