twitter stream to irc

gistfile1.rb

require 'tweetstream'
require 'json'
require 'irc-socket'

SETTINGS = JSON.load(File.open("settings.json"))
@irc = IRCSocket.new(SETTINGS["server"])
@irc.connect
@irc.nick SETTINGS["nick"] 
@irc.user SETTINGS["nick"], 0, "*", "Neuron Bot"
@irc.join("#pdxtwitter")
puts "connecting to irc"

TweetStream.configure do |config|
  config.consumer_key = 'key'
  config.consumer_secret = 'secret'
  config.oauth_token = 'token'
  config.oauth_token_secret = 'token-secret'
  config.auth_method = :oauth
#  config.parser   = :yajl
  config.parser   = :json_gem
end

client = TweetStream::Client.new

client.on_error do |message|
  puts message
end

client.on_direct_message do |direct_message|
  puts direct_message.text
end

client.on_timeline_status  do |status|
  @irc.privmsg("#pdxtwitter", "#{status.user.screen_name}: #{status.text}")
end

client.userstream