X-Git-Url: https://git.ao2.it/tweeper.git/blobdiff_plain/b2f1cdf72ffcd59a01dabb97273d233c6b5cbb25..4c100ab24ab3d0368db320e0806dd755bd32bd34:/README diff --git a/README b/README index 925bb28..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 @@ -24,6 +26,19 @@ 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. @@ -36,6 +51,10 @@ Example of use as a Liferea[2] filter: $ 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/ Tweeper is licensed under the GPLv3.