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An Astro <Tweet> component for hardcoding static Tweets

An Astro <Tweet> component for hardcoding static Tweets

Dependencies

Tailwind

Setup

  1. Add the following colours to your Tailwind config
/** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'twitter-black': '#0f1419',
        'twitter-grey': '#536471',
      },
    },
  },
}
  1. Add twitter.svg to /public and adjust the path in the component if needed

  2. Add Twitter avatars to /src/assets/avatars/ with {user}.jpg filenames

Example

<div class="flex flex-col md:flex-row gap-4">
  <Tweet
    class="flex-1 md:w-0"
    id="1674801223235665922"
    user="zeldman"
  >
    … Have purchased and installed. Works beautifully in Safari. Beautiful UI, too. Already breathing easier …
  </Tweet>
  <Tweet
    class="flex-1 md:w-0"
    displayName="Corey Quinn"
    id="1790396191534195044"
    user="QuinnyPig"
  >
    Holy crap my favorite extension knows who I am!
  </Tweet>
</div>

Example screenshot

---
import type {ImageMetadata} from 'astro'
let {class: className, displayName, id, user} = Astro.props
export interface Props {
class: string
displayName?: string
id: string
user: string
}
let avatarPath = `/src/assets/avatars/${user}.jpg`
let avatars = import.meta.glob<{ default: ImageMetadata }>('/src/assets/avatars/*.jpg')
if (!avatars[avatarPath]) throw new Error(`"${avatarPath}" does not exist in glob: "/src/assets/avatars/*.jpg"`)
let avatarImage = await avatars[avatarPath]()
---
<div class={`border border-[#cfd9de] rounded-xl px-4 py-3 ${className}`}>
<div class="flex justify-between">
<div class="flex">
<div class="mr-2">
<a href={`https://x.com/${user}`}>
<img src={avatarImage.default.src} alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="w-12 h-12 rounded-full hover:brightness-90">
</a>
</div>
<div class="flex flex-col leading-tight">
<a href={`https://x.com/${user}`} class="text-twitter-black hover:underline font-bold">{displayName || user}</a>
<a href={`https://x.com/${user}`} class="text-twitter-grey">@{user}</a>
</div>
</div>
<a href={`https://x.com/${user}/status/${id}`} title="View on Twitter">
<img src="/images/twitter.svg" alt="View on Twitter" class="w-[25px] h-[25px] hover:brightness-90">
</a>
</div>
<div class="mt-3 text-twitter-black text-xl">
<slot/>
</div>
</div>
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