X-Git-Url: https://git.ao2.it/tweeper.git/blobdiff_plain/796f27572846c0276d2867f8f0ded8cd462f3af9..73c2c3b86ad0bc069e3a3e905fb84d94e2832971:/README?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/README b/README index 0ebe37c..808dd89 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ -Tweeper 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 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. Since Jun 11th 2013 Twitter.com retired their API v1.0, so it's not possible to access a user timeline via RSS anymore, and it's also become mandatory to @@ -24,14 +25,23 @@ whom you are friend to. [1] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TWEEPER&defid=3743173 -Tweeper can be used via web or as a command line program, for example as -a filter in your feed reader, by passing the URL of the user's public timeline -as the first argument. - 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 URL of the user's public timeline +as the first argument. + Example of use on the command line: $ php tweeper.php http://twitter.com/NSACareers