gistfile1.php

<?php
/**
 * @file
 * Tweet block bean plugin.
 */

/**
 * Require the twitteroauth library
 */
require_once(drupal_get_path('module','bean_tweets') . '/libraries/twitteroauth/twitteroauth.php');  

class TweetBlockBean extends BeanPlugin {

  private $_bean;

  /**
   * Declares default block settings.
   */
  public function values() {
    $values = array(
      'settings' => array(
        'handle'  => '',
        'number_of_tweets' => '5',
        'cache_duration' => '30',
      ),
    );

    return array_merge(parent::values(), $values);
  }

  /**
   * Builds extra settings for the block edit form.
   */
  public function form($bean, $form, &$form_state) {
    $form = array();

    $form['settings'] = array(
      '#type' => 'fieldset',
      '#tree' => 1,
      '#title' => t('Output'),
    );

    $form['settings']['handle'] = array(
      '#type' => 'textfield',
      '#title' => t('Twitter Handle'),
      '#size' => 30,
      '#default_value' => $bean->settings['handle'],
      '#description' => t("The user's twitter account handle"),
      '#required' => TRUE,
    );

    $form['settings']['number_of_tweets'] = array(
      '#type' => 'textfield',
      '#title' => t('Number of tweets to show'),
      '#size' => 5,
      '#default_value' => $bean->settings['number_of_tweets'],
      '#required' => TRUE,
    );

    $form['settings']['cache_duration'] = array(
      '#type' => 'textfield',
      '#title' => t('Cache duration (in minutes)'),
      '#size' => 5,
      '#default_value' => $bean->settings['cache_duration'],
      '#description' => t("The length of time (in minutes) to cache the results from twitter."),
      '#required' => TRUE,
    );

    $form['#submit'][] = 'bean_tweets_clear_cache';
    
    return $form;
  }

  /**
   * Displays the bean.
   */
  public function view($bean, $content, $view_mode = 'default', $langcode = NULL) {
    // Set the bean instance
    $this->_bean = $bean;

    $markup = "<h1>Tweets from @{$bean->settings['handle']}</h1>";

    foreach($this->getTweets() as $tweet) {
      $sent_datetime = strtotime($tweet->created_at);
      $sent = format_date($sent_datetime, 'custom', 'M j, g:i a');
      $markup .= "<p><span style='color: #4099ff; font-weight: bold'>{$sent}</span><br />{$tweet->text}</p>";
    }
    
    // Add the markup to the render array
    $content[] = array('#markup' => $markup);

    return $content;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the tweets from the cache or twitter.
   */
  private function getTweets() {
    if ($cached_tweets = $this->getCacheData())
      $tweets = $cached_tweets;
    else
      $tweets = $this->getUserTimeline();

    return $tweets;
  }

  /**
   * Getter for the cache
   */
  private function getCacheData() {
    if ($cache = cache_get('bean_tweets-' . $this->_bean->settings['handle']))
      return $cache->data;
    return NULL;
  }

  /**
   * Setter for the cache
   */
  private function setCacheData($tweetData) {
    cache_set(
      'bean_tweets-' . $this->_bean->settings['handle'],
      $tweetData,
      'cache',
      time() + 60 * $this->_bean->settings['cache_duration']
    );
  }

  /**
   * Get user timeline
   */  
  private function getUserTimeline() {
    $connection = $this->getOauthConnection();
    
    $timeline = $connection->get(
      'statuses/user_timeline.json?' .
      "screen_name={$this->_bean->settings['handle']}" .
      "&count={$this->_bean->settings['number_of_tweets']}"
    );
    
    // Cache the results
    $this->setCacheData($timeline);
    
    return $timeline;
  }

  /**
   * Establish OAuth connection
   */
  private function getOauthConnection() {
    $connection = new TwitterOAuth(
      variable_get('twitter_consumer_key'),
      variable_get('twitter_consumer_secret'),
      variable_get('twitter_access_token'),
      variable_get('twitter_token_secret')
    );
    
    // Set the host to the 1.1 API
    $connection->host = "https://api.twitter.com/1.1/";
    
    return $connection;
  }
}