Retrieve archival tweets in json

gistfile1.rb

# TODO: parameterize query
# TODO: paginate google results

require 'rubygems'
require 'mechanize'
require 'json'

tweets = []

a = Mechanize.new do |agent|
  agent.user_agent_alias = 'Mac Safari'
end

a.get('http://google.com/') do |page|
  
  search_result = page.form_with(:name => 'f') do |search|
    search.q = 'daterange:2454832.50000-2454863.50000 site:twitter.com superbowl'
  end.submit

  search_result.links.each do |link|
    next unless link.href =~ %r{/statuses/}
    status_page = a.click(link)
    tweet = {
      :status => status_page.root.css('.entry-content').first.content,
      :author => status_page.root.css('.tweet-url.screen-name').first.content,
      :link => link.href
    }
    tweets << tweet
  end
  
  puts tweets.to_json
  
end