Introduction
neo4apis-twitter is a ruby gem for making importing data from twitter to neo4j easy
This adapter supports objects created from the twitter
gem. Currently supports importing User and Tweet
You can either use the gem to write custom ruby code to import data or you can simply use the command-line interface.
Installation
gem 'neo4apis-twitter'
in your Gemfile or gem install neo4apis-twitter
Usage
Ruby code
twitter_client = Twitter::REST::Client.new ...
neo4japis_twitter = Neo4Apis::Twitter.new(Neo4j::Session.open,
import_retweets: true,
import_hashtags: true)
neo4japis_twitter.batch do
twitter_client.search("ebola", :result_type => "recent").take(100).each do |tweet|
# Imports:
# * The tweet
# * The tweeter,
# * The original tweet if a retweet
# * The user for the original tweet
neo4apis_client.import :Tweet, tweet
end
end
Command Line
Import tweets as a stream:
neo4apis twitter filter TRACK
Import tweets via a search query:
neo4apis twitter search QUERY COUNT
Supports optional arguments from the twitter API:
neo4apis twitter search QUERY COUNT --result-type=[mixed|recent|popular]
Supported options:
geocode
lang
locale
result_type
until
Config file
Register your app for a Twitter key and token at https://apps.twitter.com. You will need to provide a URL and can use http://127.0.0.1
.
The default path for the config file is config/twitter.yml
, but you can specify your path with the --config-path
option. The configuration file should match the keys in the twitter gem`s documentation. The following is an example:
---
:consumer_key: <consumer_key>
:consumer_secret: <consumer_secret>
:access_token: <access_token>
:access_token_secret: <access_token_secret>