NAME
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-tweeper - web scraper to convert a Twitter timeline to an RSS feed
+tweeper - web scraper to convert supported websites (e.g. Twitter.com) to RSS
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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-tweeper(1) is a web scraper which extracts the most recent public tweets of
-a given user from their home page on Twitter.com and formats them in RSS, so
-the information can be conveniently accessed and collected by a feed reader.
+tweeper(1) is a web scraper which can be used to conveniently follow the
+public activity of social network users without the need to log in or even be
+subscribed to the social network; tweeper converts the public information to
+RSS so that it can be accessed and collected by a feed reader.
tweeper started as the TWitter fEEd scraPER but support for other web sites
has been added.
The sites that tweeper is able to scrape and convert to RSS are:
-
+
* Twitter.com
* Pump.io based websites, like Identi.ca
* Dilbert.com
+* Instagram.com
+* Facebook.com (public pages)
tweeper can be used as:
1. a command line tool;
-2. as a filter for feed readers;
-3. as a web based tool when PHP support is available in the web server.
+2. a filter for feed readers;
+3. a web based tool when used with a PHP-enabled web server.
OPTIONS
*-e*::
show links to supported media files in the RSS <enclosure/> element
+*-m <0|1>*::
+ enable or disable showing multimedia content (e.g. Twitter or Instagram
+ pictures) directly inside the item description. Default is 1 (enable).
+
+*-u <0|1>*::
+ enable or disable showing usernames in front of the item for hosts which
+ supports it (Twitter.com/Instagram.com). Default is 1 (enable).
+
+*-v <0|1>*::
+ enable or disable showing verbose output like, for instance, non-fatal
+ errors and warnings from the XML parser. Default is 1 (enable).
+
*-h, --help*::
show the help message
Getting the RSS feed of some Twitter user:
- tweeper http://twitter.com/NSACareers
+ tweeper https://twitter.com/NSACareers
Using tweeper as a filter for the Liferea feed reader:
- liferea-add-feed "|tweeper http://twitter.com/NSAcareers"
+ liferea-add-feed "|tweeper https://twitter.com/NSAcareers"
+
+To use tweeper via web there are two options (the examples assume the
+installation directory to be `/usr/share/php/tweeper/`):
+
+1. Using the PHP built-in web server:
+
+ php -S localhost:8000 -t /usr/share/php/tweeper/
++
+and then visit 'http://localhost:8000/tweeper.php' in the web browser.
+
+2. Using a generic web server with the document root in '/var/www':
+
+ sudo ln -s /usr/share/php/tweeper/tweeper.php /var/www
+ xdg-open http://localhost/tweeper.php?src_url=http://twitter.com/NSAcareers
++
+It is enough to create the symlink only the very first time tweeper is used
+this way.
+
+
+NOTES
+-----
+
+In order to use tweeper with a symlink with the apache 'userdir' module, the
+'SymLinksIfOwnerMatch' option must be replaced by 'FollowSymlink' in
+/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/userdir.conf
EXIT STATUS
RESOURCES
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-Main web site: <http://git.ao2.it/tweeper.git>
+Main web site: <https://git.ao2.it/tweeper.git>
COPYING
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-Copyright \(C) 2013 Antonio Ospite <ospite@studenti.unina.it>
+Copyright \(C) 2013-2020 Antonio Ospite <ao2@ao2.it>
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
projects / tweeper.git / blobdiff