Please support the "search" method
lyricnz - September 22, 2009 - 13:47
| Project: | |
| Version: | 6.x-3.x-dev |
| Component: | Code |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | needs review |
Description
http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-Search-API-Method%3A+search
#1
I would absolutely love to see this as well. I love everything about the twitter module. Adding this feature would really complete it's feature set.
Thanks!
#2
This feature would bring the module into a whole new class of awesome!
#3
The (not insurmountable) problems are:
- search uses a separate URL http://search.twitter.com
- the results are not the the same format as other methods in the same API, requiring unique theming/presentation
That being said, I'm using the following code in one of my modules:
<?php
/**
* Implement the "search" method from Twitter.
*
* @see <a href="http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-Search-API-Method%3A+search
" title="http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-Search-API-Method%3A+search
" rel="nofollow">http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-Search-API-Method%3A+search
</a> */
function mymodules_twitter_search($query, $rpp = 10) {
module_load_include('inc', 'twitter');
$url = 'http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=' . urlencode($query);
$url .= "&rpp=$rpp";
// $response = _mymodule_twitter_fetch_xml($url); // drupal_http_request() + status check + caching
// roughly equivalent to:
$results = drupal_http_request($url);
$response = $results->data;
// Process the response
$tweets = array();
$xml = simplexml_load_string($response);
if ($xml) {
// Add search metadata
$tweets['metadata'] = array(
'id' => (string) $xml->id,
'title' => (string) $xml->title,
'link' => (string) $xml->link[0]['href'],
'updated' => (string) $xml->updated,
'query' => $query,
);
// Add individual tweets
foreach ($xml->entry as $entry) {
$tbits = $entry->children('twitter', TRUE);
$tweets[] = array(
'id' => (string) $entry->id,
'published' => (string) $entry->published,
'link' => (string) $entry->link[0]['href'],
'title' => (string) $entry->title,
'content' => (string) $entry->content,
'updated' => (string) $entry->updated,
'image' => (string) $entry->link[1]['href'],
'source' => (string) $tbits[0],
'lang' => (string) $tbits[1],
'author name' => (string) $entry->author->name,
'author uri' => (string) $entry->author->uri,
'xml' => $entry->asXML(),
);
}
}
else {
drupal_set_message('Cannot load XML: '. $url, 'error');
}
return $tweets;
}
?>
This probably doesn't support ALL the ways results can arrive (multiple links, images, etc), but works pretty well for me. If module maintainer is interested in adding search to twitter, this might be a useful start.
#4
Twitter is planning on unifying the data objects on their REST and Search APIs sometime this year: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/FAQ#AreyougoingtomaketheRESTAPIandtheSearchAP...
#5
Here's a patch that's been working well for me. It adds a field for a global search string on the admin/settings/twitter page.
---
Developed by ActiveLAMP, sponsored by Causecast
#6
+1 on this feature
I installed the patch and it seems to work fine.
thx!
#7
I've created a module using some of the ideas and code here with some additions and modifications of my own. It still needs a little work and more testing. Volunteers welcome: http://drupal.org/project/twitter_search
#8
Marking as needs review.