Twitter Gem with multiple search options

Question

I cant figure this out. This works:

@client.search("#{term}", :result_type => "recent")

This does not work

@client.search("#{term}", :result_type => "recent", :geocode => "#{lat},#{long},#{radius}mi")

It seems that adding the :geocode parameter broke it, however it renders perfectly to what the example is on the the twitter api docs.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Ok, I'm an idiot. The code examples both work.

But let this serve as a warning to others... it's easier to get 0 tweets returned than you'd think. A 1 mile radius is pretty small even for common search terms. Try 10000 miles to be sure your geocode works, then compare to 1 mile.