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 (about 15 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2011-10-29T18:14:10.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-11-07T19:19:02.337Z (about 1 year ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 115 KB
• Stars: 123
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 29
• Open Issues: 6
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  • Readme: README.textile

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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)