https://github.com/andregoncalves/twitter-nodejs-websocket
Twitter streaming directly to browser with Node.js and HTML5 websockets
https://github.com/andregoncalves/twitter-nodejs-websocket
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Twitter streaming directly to browser with Node.js and HTML5 websockets
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/andregoncalves/twitter-nodejs-websocket
- Owner: andregoncalves
- Created: 2009-12-29T17:04:02.000Z (over 16 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2011-10-29T18:14:10.000Z (over 14 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-26T12:47:00.966Z (about 1 year ago)
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 115 KB
- Stars: 123
- Watchers: 6
- Forks: 29
- Open Issues: 6
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.textile
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README
h1. Twitter Node.js WebSockets Example
Quick experiment of direct streaming from twitter to the browser, with no polling, using Node.js.
(Follow up to Ruben Fonseca "version":http://github.com/rubenfonseca/twitter-amqp-websocket-example with Ruby and AMQP)
More info "here":http://bit.ly/71uZNv.
h2. Requirements:
* Node.js.
* HTML5 WebSockets capable browser.
h2. How To:
* Download and install node.js (instructions "here":http://nodejs.org/#download).
* Download the project from "github":http://github.com/andregoncalves/twitter-nodejs-websocket.
* Start the server: @node server.js @.
* Open @index.html@ with a WebSocket compatible browser (Chrome or Webkit nightly).
h2. Libraries used:
* "Minimal websocket library":http://github.com/ncr/node.ws.js for node.js from Jacek Becela.
Andre Goncalves ("@andregoncalves":http://twitter.com/andregoncalves)