testcase.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'twitter'
require 'yaml'

Twitter.configure do |config|
  config.consumer_key = "XXX"
  config.consumer_secret = "XXX"
  config.oauth_token = "XXX"
  config.oauth_token_secret = "XXX"
end

client = Twitter::Client.new

puts "Stream state"

puts client.user_timeline("socialsuitetest").map(&:text).to_yaml

puts "*" * 100

messages = (0..3).map {
  text = rand(36**15).to_s(36)
  puts "- Posting message #{text}..."
  client.update(text)
}

puts "*" * 100
sleep(15)

puts "Stream state"

puts client.user_timeline("socialsuitetest").map(&:text).to_yaml

puts "*" * 100

messages.each { |message|
  puts "- deleting #{message.text}..."
  client.status_destroy message.id
}

puts "*" * 100
sleep(15)

puts "Stream state"

puts client.user_timeline("socialsuitetest").map(&:text).to_yaml