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Created March 21, 2010 21:27
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var sys = require("sys"), http = require('http'), encode = require('./encoding');
function createAuthorization(username, password) {
return "Basic " + encode.base64(username + ":" + password);
}
Object.prototype.filter = function(fn) {
var result = {};
for (var name in this) {
if (this.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
if (fn.call(this[name], name, this[name])) {
result[name] = this[name];
}
}
}
return result;
};
Object.prototype.into = function(theArray, fn) {
for (var name in this) {
if (this.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
theArray.push(fn.call(this[name], name, this[name]));
}
}
return theArray;
};
function encodeOptions(options) {
var parameters = [];
if (typeof(options) === "object" && options !== null) {
parameters = options
.filter(function(name) {
return !(name === "username" || name === "password" || name === "callback");})
.into([], function(name, value) {
return encodeURIComponent(name) + "=" + encodeURIComponent(value); });
}
return parameters.length ? ("?" + parameters.join("&")) : "";
}
exports.query = function(method, options) {
var client = http.createClient(80, "api.twitter.com");
var username = options.username, password = options.password;
var path = "/l/statuses/" + method + ".json" + encodeOptions(options);
var request = client.request("GET", path, {
Authorization : createAuthorization(username, password), "host" : "api.twitter.com"
});
request.addListener('response', function (res) {
var tweets = "";
res.addListener("data", function (chunk) {
tweets += chunk;
});
res.addListener("end", function() {
options.callback.call(null, JSON.parse(tweets));
});
});
request.close();
};
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