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Created June 14, 2012 04:44
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Example usage of github.com/darkhelmet/twitterstream
package main
import (
"log"
"time"
"github.com/darkhelmet/twitterstream"
)
func decode(conn *twitterstream.Connection) {
for {
if tweet, err := conn.Next(); err == nil {
log.Println("%s said: %s", tweet.User.ScreenName, tweet.Text)
} else {
log.Printf("Failed decoding tweet: %s", err)
return
}
}
}
func main() {
client := twitterstream.NewClient("username", "password")
for {
conn, err := client.Track("Justin Bieber,American Idol")
if err != nil {
log.Println("Tracking failed, sleeping for 1 minute")
time.Sleep(1 * time.Minute)
continue
}
decode(conn)
}
}
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sarpk commented Apr 26, 2014

This no longer works due to OAuth.

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