From: Justin Collins <justincollins@...>
Date: 2009-06-08T19:15:35+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Twitter Personalities (#208)

Daniel Moore wrote:
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> ## Twitter Personalities (#208)
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> Merhaba Rubyists,
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> This week's quiz is to create a program that will generate messages
> 140 characters in length. There primary use will be to create a
> Twitter "personality". At the end of the quiz period these
> "personalities" will be unleashed on the internet and we'll see how
> they do in the wild.
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> The programs will consist of two parts: a component for interacting
> with Twitter, and a top secret "personality" module.
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> For the Twitter interface component there will be no no-spoiler
> period. Please feel encouraged to discuss different libraries or
> methods on the mailing list. Let's all work together to find the best
> interface.
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> The "personality" component can take any inputs and will produce a 140
> character message when called. The "personality" may remember state.
> The no-spoiler period applies for the "personality" component; please
> save them until everyone has had a chance to consider their own
> implementations.
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> Have Fun!
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Posting to Twitter, I found, was pretty straightforward using the 
Twitter4r gem, although it only worked for me under Ruby 1.9:

require 'twitter'
client = Twitter::Client.new :login => "myname", :password => "mypassword"
client.status :post, "Working on Ruby Quiz."


I hope that helps anyone who might have been hesitant because of the 
Twitter interface part.

-Justin