View scrape_tweets.rb
#! /usr/bin/env ruby | |
require "fileutils" | |
search_term = ARGV[0] | |
if search_term | |
time = Time.now | |
directory_path = File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/tweets/" + search_term + "_" + time.to_i.to_s | |
FileUtils.mkdir_p(directory_path) | |
directory = Dir.new(directory_path) | |
(1..15).each do |i| | |
`curl "http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=#{search_term}&rpp=100&page=#{i}&include_entities=true&result_type=mixed" > #{directory.path}/#{i}.json` |