X-Git-Url: https://git.ao2.it/tweeper.git/blobdiff_plain/a02e73270ebfb3aa4f4eaacd048e32c791d99d38..8a6c65c179aa213368c9941da4dd47faf043b236:/README?ds=inline diff --git a/README b/README index 8612636..7703e64 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ -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 -authenticate via OAuth to access this _public_ information in JSON format: +Since Jun 11th 2013, when Twitter.com retired their API v1.0, it has not been +possible anymore to access a user timeline via RSS, and it has also become +mandatory to authenticate via OAuth to access this _public_ information in the +JSON format: https://dev.twitter.com/discussions/16289 https://dev.twitter.com/discussions/11564 @@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ The currently supported sites are: * 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