X-Git-Url: https://git.ao2.it/tweeper.git/blobdiff_plain/16c68e7d156a3a9f9188b9b9c5d8aefd5c9e502c..6abf3adca8e6aa2ecd08b2881b4ae19d6d8dd9d2:/tweeper.1.asciidoc diff --git a/tweeper.1.asciidoc b/tweeper.1.asciidoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0ffb3b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/tweeper.1.asciidoc @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +TWEEPER(1) +=========== +:doctype: manpage + + +NAME +---- +tweeper - web scraper to convert a Twitter timeline to an RSS feed + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +*tweeper* ['OPTIONS'] 'URL' + + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +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 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 + +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. + + +OPTIONS +------- + +*-e*:: + show links to supported media files in the RSS element + +*-h, --help*:: + show the help message + + +EXAMPLE OF USE +-------------- + +Getting the RSS feed of some Twitter user: + + tweeper http://twitter.com/NSACareers + +Using tweeper as a filter for the Liferea feed reader: + + liferea-add-feed "|tweeper http://twitter.com/NSAcareers" + + +EXIT STATUS +----------- +*0*:: + Success + +*!0*:: + Failure + + +AUTHORS +------- +Antonio Ospite + + +RESOURCES +--------- +Main web site: + + +COPYING +------- +Copyright \(C) 2013 Antonio Ospite + +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 +the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or +(at your option) any later version.