├── .gitignore
├── README.md
└── server.js


/.gitignore:
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1 | node_modules/
2 | .DS_Store
3 | twitter_properties.json


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/README.md:
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 1 | backend for gmoeck's [twitter-browser](https://github.com/gmoeck/twitter_browser) written in nodejs
 2 | 
 3 | ### Installation
 4 | 
 5 | * install [node.js](http://nodejs.org)
 6 | 	
 7 | 	
 8 | 	
 9 | * add node.js dependencies
10 | 
11 | 
12 |     	npm install express
13 |     	npm install twitter
14 |     	npm install cookies
15 | 
16 | 
17 | * clone this repo
18 | 	
19 | 		
20 | 		git clone git@github.com:pangratz/twitter_browser_backend_nodejs.git
21 | 		cd twitter_browser_backend_nodejs
22 | 
23 | 
24 | * run server
25 | 		
26 | 		
27 | 		node server.js


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/server.js:
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 1 | var fs = require('fs');
 2 | var sys = require('sys');
 3 | var Twitter = require('twitter');
 4 | var app = require('express').createServer();
 5 | 
 6 | var twitter = new Twitter();
 7 | 
 8 | var cache = {};
 9 | 
10 | app.get('/user/:userName', function(req, res){
11 | 	var user = cache[ req.params.userName ];
12 | 	if (user){
13 | 		sys.puts('got from cache');
14 | 		res.send(user);
15 | 		return;
16 | 	}
17 | 	
18 | 	user = {};
19 | 	twitter.get('/users/show.json', {include_entities: true, screen_name: req.params.userName}, function(userData) {
20 | 		
21 | 		user.userName = userData.screen_name;
22 | 		user.fullName = userData.name;
23 | 		user.guid = userData.id;
24 | 		user.location = userData.location;
25 | 		user.bio = userData.description;
26 | 		user.profileImageUrl = userData.profile_image_url;
27 | 		user.tweetCount = userData.statuses_count;
28 | 		user.followersCount = userData.followers_count;
29 | 		user.followingCount = userData.friends_count;
30 | 		
31 | 		twitter.get('/statuses/user_timeline.json', {screen_name: req.params.userName, count: 100, trim_user: true, include_rts: false}, function(tweetsData){
32 | 			user.tweets = tweetsData;
33 | 			
34 | 			// add to cache
35 | 			cache[ user.userName ] = user;
36 | 			
37 | 			res.send(user);
38 | 		});
39 | 	});
40 | });
41 | 
42 | app.listen(3000);


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