Open twitter favourite tweets links in new tabs (Mac OS X only)

twitter_favourite_reader.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

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#          WARNING
# Will unfavourite your tweets
#
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require 'twitter'
# require 'redis'

# username of user favourites to process
TWITTER_USERNAME = 'FILL_ME_IN'

# limit of favourited tweets to process (may be more links opened)
FAVOURITE_LIMIT = 30

# twitter app credentials
CONSUMER_KEY = 'FILL_ME_IN'
CONSUMER_SECRET = 'FILL_ME_IN'
YOUR_OAUTH_TOKEN = 'FILL_ME_IN'
YOUR_OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET = 'FILL_ME_IN'

# lower case list of hosts to ignore
HOST_IGNORE_LIST = [
  'www.techmeme.com' #ignored because direct article link is desired
]

# redis = Redis.new

Twitter.configure do |config|
  config.consumer_key = CONSUMER_KEY
  config.consumer_secret = CONSUMER_SECRET
  config.oauth_token = YOUR_OAUTH_TOKEN
  config.oauth_token_secret = YOUR_OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET
end

linkList = []
options = {count: FAVOURITE_LIMIT, include_entities: 1}

# fetch twitter favourites and process results
Twitter.favorites(TWITTER_USERNAME, options).each do |fav|
  
  # save favourited tweet ids into redis (for nostalgia)
  # redis.sadd 'twitterfavouritehistory', fav.id
  
  # process tweet links and add to list of links to open
  fav.expanded_urls.each do |url|
    uri = URI.parse(url) rescue nil
    # add to list only if link host is not ignored
    linkList << url unless uri.host && HOST_IGNORE_LIST.include?(uri.host)
  end
  
  # remove tweet from twitter favourites
  Twitter.unfavorite(fav.id)
end

# reverse link list to open oldest in left most tabs
system "open #{linkList.reverse.join(' ')}" unless linkList.empty?

# delay remain count to allow of latency inaccuracies
# sleep 2 #seconds
# system %(growlnotify -t "Twitter Favourite Reader" -m "#{Twitter.favorites.count} favourites remain")