#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# */15 * * * * cd /path/to/script_dir/ && ruby twitter-retwitter.rb > /dev/null 2>&1
require 'net/http'
require 'rss'
require 'open-uri'
TWITTER_USER = "" # your twitter username
TWITTER_PASS = "" # twitter password
DONE_FILE = "#{ENV["HOME"]}/.retweet_list"
SEPERATOR = "\n--==--==--*--==--==--\n"
seen_replies = []
begin
seen_replies = open(DONE_FILE).read.split(SEPERATOR)
rescue Errno::ENOENT
end
get_more = true
page = 1
while get_more do
rss = RSS::Parser.parse(open("http://twitter.com/statuses/replies.rss?page=#{page}", :http_basic_authentication => [TWITTER_USER, TWITTER_PASS]).read)
# if this page is empty, we're done
get_more = false if rss.items.empty?
# loop over each reply
rss.items.each do |item|
reply = item.link + "|" + item.description.chomp
# if we haven't seen it before
unless seen_replies.include?(reply) or seen_replies.include?(reply + "\n")
# put it in teh seen list
seen_replies << reply
# fix the tweet to give credit to the author
tweet = item.description.gsub(/^([^:].+): @#{TWITTER_USER}/, 'from @\1:')
# post to twitter
puts "Posting #{tweet}"
Net::HTTP.post_form(URI.parse("http://#{TWITTER_USER}:#{TWITTER_PASS}@twitter.com/statuses/update.json"),
{'status' => tweet}
)
else
get_more = false
end
end
page += 1
end
# write out the file
File.open(DONE_FILE, "w") do |f|
f.puts seen_replies.join(SEPERATOR)
end