https://github.com/gunn/tweet_globe

A globe of live tweets powered by Node.js, Ember.js and websockets.
https://github.com/gunn/tweet_globe

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A globe of live tweets powered by Node.js, Ember.js and websockets.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/gunn/tweet_globe
• Owner: gunn
• Created: 2013-07-12T02:45:35.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-07-19T05:42:24.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-04-18T04:19:42.542Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://tweet-globe.herokuapp.com
• Size: 1.89 MB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Tweet Globe

A 3D interactive globe of live tweets. See it running at https://tweet-globe.herokuapp.com

![Tweet Globe](https://raw.github.com/gunn/tweet_globe/master/animation.gif)

## How it Works

#### Server

`app.coffee` defines a node server that makes a direct connection to twitter to stream tweets with geographic information. It the repackages the tweet data to contain only the information needed and pushes that data to each connected client via websockets (falling back to other methods if needed.)

#### Client

`assets/js/application.coffee` includes the tree of files that make up the client. The client is an ember app that uses D3.js to plot the tweet data from the server onto a globe.

## To run

You must have a `.env` file to contain your twitter api credentials:

```

ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY=XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

CONSUMER_KEY=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

CONSUMER_SECRET=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

PORT=1337

```

Install dependencies and launch the server:

```

npm install

npm start

```