I've tried using the gem twitter, grackle, and TweetStream but I can't figure out how to get a stream of a users @mentions.
I just can't figure out how to put together a bit of code that says 'get all mentions to user'. (and I want to tap into the @mention, not just search twitter for a username)
I'm using Sinatra :: I've got it all up and running :: I can post to a feed, pull specific status's and so on. Getting @mentions is eluding me.
I only use the oauth gem but this is how you can do it. Since you can post feed, I guess you have the process till the access_token.
>> response = access_token.get('http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/mentions.json')
>> JSON.parse(response.body)
#=> Array of Hashes with all the info
By the way, I see a function already included in the Twitter gem source code.
tweet.rb
# @note Must include entities in your request for this method to work
# @return [Array<Twitter::Entity::UserMention>]
def user_mentions
@user_mentions ||= entities(Twitter::Entity::UserMention, :user_mentions)
end
You can use the search/tweets API from Twitter and set q: "@USERNAME" which will find the tweets that mention your user.
