https://github.com/ralyodio/nodejs-stream

A nodejs backend for social network streams using a server sent event stream.
https://github.com/ralyodio/nodejs-stream

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A nodejs backend for social network streams using a server sent event stream.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ralyodio/nodejs-stream
• Owner: ralyodio
• Created: 2011-09-22T22:05:32.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2012-09-26T18:32:38.000Z (about 12 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-03T12:21:59.015Z (3 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
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• Size: 122 KB
• Stars: 45
• Watchers: 8
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md

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NodeJS Stream

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An example NodeJS application which uses an event-stream to push notifications to the client side using server side events. Firehose provided by Twitter, Meetup, and Digg.

Install

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You may need to install some missing modules with npm. http://npmjs.org/

Once npm is installed, you can checkout the source and install the missing modules:

	$ git clone https://github.com/chovy/nodejs-stream.git

	$ cd ./nodejs-stream

	$ npm install

	$ node stream.js

Browse to your localhost (ie: http://192.168.1.64:8080/) in your web browser.

Configuration

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Configure your twitter account username and password.

Method 1:

	$ export TWITTER_USERNAME='your_username';

	$ export TWITTER_PASSWORD='your_password';

Method 2:

...or edit config.js and set your twitter username password.

	config.twitter_username = process.env.TWITTER_USERNAME || 'my_username';

	config.twitter_password = process.env.TWITTER_PASSWORD || 'my_password';

config.js 

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Copy config.sample.js to config.js. Edit config.js and set your port number to listen on and IP address (you can use 'localhost' too).

	config.port = 8080;

	config.address = '192.168.1.64';