Twitter-Gem-Example.rb

httpauth = Twitter::HTTPAuth.new( current_account.twitter_username, current_account.twitter_password )
      client = Twitter::Base.new(httpauth)
      # TO DO -- Yep, should filter the request to only get tweets since the last check
      client.friends_timeline.each do |tweet|
        # TO DO -- Yep, need to check to see if the tweet is already in there
        status = Status.create(
          :status_created_at       => tweet.status_created_at,
          :status_id               => tweet.id,
          :message                 => tweet.text,
          :source                  => tweet.source,
          :truncated               => tweet.truncated,
          :in_reply_to_status_id   => tweet.in_reply_to_status_id,
          :in_reply_to_user_id     => tweet.in_reply_to_user_id,
          :favorited               => tweet.favorited,
          :in_reply_to_screen_name => tweet.in_reply_to_screen_name
        )
        twitter_user = TwitterUser.find_or_create_user( tweet.user )
        twitter_user.statuses << status