Show tweets that an account is following
Michelle - August 29, 2008 - 19:52
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| Version: | 6.x-2.x-dev |
| Component: | Code |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
| Issue tags: | Science Collaboration |
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Description
Ok, this is pretty way out there for a feature request and I understand if you won't fix it. But I wasn't able to figure it out myself so I thought I'd try an FR. :)
I have a local community site and I have a Twitter account that goes with it. That account is subscribed to all the local people I could find. I would like to put a block on my site that shows tweets coming in from both me (on that account) and all the people I am following. So it's essentially a "Local Tweets" block.
Any chance of this feature being added or am I essentially asking for a whole 'nother module? :)
Thanks,
Michelle
#1
This can be done with the News Aggregator module using an RSS feed from search.twitter.com
#2
@xevious - How? There's no option for it on the advanced search page. Is there some hidden setting I'm missing?
Michelle
#3
I have the same request. I am using the twitter account as a community hub so that all followers/followees can see what is happening with the others. I wanted to show "other" tweeds on my Drupal website and used Twitter module.
It does not pull the other tweeds automatically so for now I have a manual work arround it. If someone follows me (this is the first entry point), I follow back immediately and I add their twitter account name to the other twitter accounts using the admin view on drupal.
This way I am showing "other" tweeds. I wished there was an easier way of pulling my "twitter home", which is displayed after logging into twitter, rather than the public display of the account.
Haven't tried it yet but it might be possible to add main user authentication into the Views to pull all the tweeds.
#4
After 6 months, I doubt this FR is going to be filled unless I come up with a patch and I couldn't figure out the Twitter API last time I tried. I've decided to take an alternate approach and gather all the RSS feeds from the accounts I'm following, including my own, and putting them through Yahoo pipes to merge them together. I'm about a month away from trying it but it seems like it should work.
Michelle
#5
This is also a feature i would like. If anyone needs any help i could probably take a look at some things and see what i can mash together.
#6
So I looked over the api and figured out how to access the data. But now the issue i'm running in to is adding this to the module.
what I'm unsure about is how its doing the caching. Would I be able to use the same thing that is done in original function and have it cache correctly or is that specific to your own tweets. As for creating the view that should be fairly simple process of duplicating what is done but changing a few variables..
Anyone still interested in this feature and can offer some suggestion that would be grand.
#7
I'd like to say +1 to this feature. Personally, I am more of a twitter listener, than talker. But, twitter does not allow to just follow an RSS feed for someone without authentication.
#8
+1
#9
illmatix - Please post what you've found out about the API here, and maybe together we can add this.
Changing version number-- hoping people care about 6.x now!
benjamin, Agaric Design Collective
#10
Ok, it's been a bit over a year since I asked for this. I never did try using RSS and pipes and actually totally forgot that I was going to try that. I would really rather have the Twitter module do it directly with the API than mess with that if I can avoid it. So bumping this up again to see if there's any chance of it happening.
Michelle
#11
I'm looking for this feature too so +1. Wish I had the skill to contribute.