Twitter reader

The MooTools plug-in for downloading and displaying Twitter status via Twitter Search API.

Created by Jakub Karlec.

Version 0.1 (for MooTools 1.2.2)

Inspired by Tori's eye.

New advanced demo!

See the extended, animated and totally awesome Twitter Reader Tree version! :)

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Examples
Usage
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Examples

Simple retrieval

Code

    var twitterReader = new TwitterReader("feed","obama");

Usage

Attach MooTools and TwitterReader and MooTools JsonP plugin (from MooTools More) javascript files to your html document:

    <head>
      <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/mootools/1.2.2/mootools-yui-compressed.js"></script>
      <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/mootools-1.2.3.1-more.js"></script>
      <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/twitterReader.js"></script>
    </head>

Call RssReader class (see Examples for live usage):

    new TwitterReader(element, keyword [,options]);

Parameters

element – id of an element that will containt retrieved list. Inside container element UL element is created.
keyword – searched term
options – options object

Options

periodical – whether to periodicaly check for new entries
loader – loader element inserted into the containing element during fetching of the remote rss feed

Download

Grab the latest version of the RssReader plug-in:

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