X-Git-Url: https://git.ao2.it/tweeper.git/blobdiff_plain/61cb622007f0a8a7c1a0d5023f160ada49ca73f8..d831bbec69bfdbd12ce7774be02eb224cfe41d3b:/README diff --git a/README b/README index ea99caf..d2d200b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ Some services came up to overcome this "problem": http://twss.55uk.net/ http://twitter-rss.com/ (now redirecting to google.com) + http://rssitfor.me However these solutions are still shady and let no control to the user about -who collects informations about the visited user timelines. +who collects the information about the visited user timelines. This is why Tweeper[1] was born, as an Open Source way to keep following your friends with a certain degree of anonymity, without having to tell Twitter.com @@ -23,17 +24,34 @@ whom you are friend to. [1] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TWEEPER&defid=3743173 +Tweeper can easily scrape sites other than Twitter, it is just a matter of +writing an xsl stylesheet for the transformation; an example for pump.io +activity stream is provided in rss_converter_pump.io.xsl + +The currently supported sites are: + + * Twitter.com + * Pump.io based websites, like Identi.ca + * Dilbert.com + * Howtoons.com + * Instagram.com + * Facebook.com (public pages) + Tweeper can be used via web or as a command line program, for example as -a filter in your feed reader, by passing the user's "screen name" (without the -'@') as the first argument. +a filter in your feed reader, by passing the URL of the user's public timeline +as the first argument. Example of use on the command line: - $ php tweeper.php NSACareers + $ php tweeper.php http://twitter.com/NSACareers Example of use as a Liferea[2] filter: - $ liferea-add-feed "|php .../path_to_tweeper/tweeper.php NSAcareers" + $ liferea-add-feed "|php .../path_to_tweeper/tweeper.php http://twitter.com/NSAcareers" + +Example of use with identi.ca: + + $ liferea-add-feed "|php .../path_to_tweeper/tweeper.php http://identi.ca/evan" [2] http://lzone.de/liferea/