fav2rt.rb

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

require 'twitter'

require 'sqlite3'

db = SQLite3::Database.new( "favorites.db" )

main = Twitter::Base.new(Twitter::HTTPAuth.new('ivey', 'PW'))
favs = Twitter::Base.new(Twitter::HTTPAuth.new('iveyfavs', 'PW'))

count = 0

main.favorites.reverse.each do |i|
  unless db.get_first_row("select * from favorites where guid = '#{i.id}'")
    db.execute "insert into favorites values ('#{i.id}')"
    next if i.user.protected && i.user.screen_name != "extraface"
    status = "RT @#{i.user.screen_name} #{i.text}"
    if status.size > 140
      status = status[0..136] + "..."
    end
    favs.update status  
    count += 1
    sleep 5
  end
  exit if count >= 3
end


# httpauth = Twitter::HTTPAuth.new
# base = Twitter::Base.new(httpauth)