X-Git-Url: https://git.ao2.it/tweeper.git/blobdiff_plain/aba16ad58b30668e70c71766bc1db9903b2dc611..5c8599142d25a8a9f9cbd4ecb4b0ea114c46bc93:/README diff --git a/README b/README index f9d45a9..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 @@ -24,14 +26,23 @@ 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 URL of the user's public timeline as the first argument. -Tweeper can easily scrape sites other than tweeter, 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 - Example of use on the command line: $ php tweeper.php http://twitter.com/NSACareers