tweet_provider_example.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'tweetstream'
require 'boxcar_api'

SETTINGS = {
  :key          => 'xyz',          # Provider Key
  :secret       => 'xyz',          # Provider Secret
  :tweeter      => 'macrumorslive' # Whom we'll be following on Twitter
  :tweeter_id   => 1581511,        # The tweeter's user id (check their RSS feed)
  :twitter_user => 'xyz',          # The username for your Twitter account.
  :twitter_pass => 'xyz'           # The password for your Twitter account.
}

class ServerTrack

  def deliver_push_notification(status)
    # Streaming Follow API gives us RTs, in_reply_to's etc. We just want original tweets from the tweeters account.
    if status[:user][:screen_name].downcase == SETTINGS[:tweeter].downcase

      bp = BoxcarAPI::Provider.new(SETTINGS[:key], SETTINGS[:secret])
      bp.broadcast(status[:text])

      $stderr.puts "*** Sent notification for #{status[:text]}"
    end
  end

  def run
    $stderr.puts "Starting tweet provider for #{SETTINGS[:tweeter]}"

    TweetStream::Client.new(SETTINGS[:twitter_user], SETTINGS[:twitter_pass]).follow(SETTINGS[:tweeter_id]) do |status|
      deliver_push_notification(status)
    end
  end
end

st = ServerTrack.new
st.run