TwitterNodeSocketExample

An example application connecting to Twitter Streaming API, and then sending results to HTML page using socket.io

To Use

To run: use either node or forever start

e.g.

node app/NodeServer.js

To Configure

Server

Note: You need to enter your Twitter Client credentials (public key, secret key, access token) in order to enable the stream to run.

1. Go to http://dev.twitter.com and create a new application.

2. Once you have obtained your credentials, edit the NodeServer.js file:

var T = new Twit({
    consumer_key:         'REQUIRED'
  , consumer_secret:      'REQUIRED'
  , access_token:         'REQUIRED'
  , access_token_secret:  'REQUIRED'
});

The 'REQUIRED' variables need to be repaced with your Twitter credentials.

Client

You need to edit the client javascript file in order point to the server address.

1. Navigate to your Git repository and edit the file by:

vi client/js/index.js

2. Replace the following like with your server address:

var socket = io.connect('http://ServerAddress:9001');

3. Now either copy the entire client folder into your /var/www/ folder, or create a symbolic link to the `client/' folder

Live Demo

For a live demo, go here: http://jxt0.ecs.soton.ac.uk/twitter

Dependencies

Server

This node application requires the following Node Packages.

• HTTP Server
• Node.JS
• Socket.io
• Twit

To install these, please use the NPM (Node Package Manager). e.g.

sudo npm install -g socket.io

Client

In order to access the Web client, you need to install Apache2. In order to do this, please run the following as sudo:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2