SCARLET BROMANCEOM

gistfile1.rb

class Tweet < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessible :body

  def self.establish_connection
    client = Twitter::REST::Client.new do |config|
      config.consumer_key        = 
      config.consumer_secret     = 
      config.access_token        =
      config.access_token_secret = 
    end
    return client
  end
# the twitter gem method .establish_connection creates a link to the twitter database. 
# The block acting on config draws information from our app’s registration with twitter.

  def self.woeid_trends(woeid)
    woeid_trend = Tweet.establish_connection.trends_place(woeid)
    woeid_trends = woeid_trend.attrs[:trends]
    return woeid_trends
  end
# WOEID is a key returned from the Yahoo geolocation api, it’s a key unique to each country.
# .trends_place(woeid) draws a hash of tweet objects from a specific country.
# .attrs[:trends] specifies the key containing hashtags.


  def self.coords_trends(country)
    coords = Geocoder.search(country)[0].data["geometry"]["location"]
    location = Tweet.establish_connection.trends_closest({lat: coords["lat"], long: coords["lng"]})
    statement = "For political reasons or otherwise, #{country} does not have Twitter. Showing regional trends from the closest available location, #{location[0].attrs[:name]}, #{location[0].attrs[:country]}"
    coords_woeid = location[0].attrs[:woeid]
    woeid_trends = Tweet.woeid_trends(coords_woeid)
    return [woeid_trends, statement]
  end
# Not all countries have twitter and thus WOEID's would return nil and break the program. 
# This function finds lat/long coords through geocoder and plugs them into the Twitter gem's .trends_closest method which returns an array of countries, each of which is a hash.
# From there, the woeid of that closest country is found and plugged into the woeid_trends function.

 
end