Contwext is a simple python module that pulls a user's feed from Twitter, and tries to fill in the context for all those @replies.
It does this with a sequence of criteria:
- If twitter provides in_reply_to_status_id, that's definitely it.
- If the @replied to user did an @reply to the original user within a configurable time, that's probably it.
- If the @replied to user posted anything within a (shorter) configurable time, that's possibly it.
This is inexact, but works okay for non-prolific tweeters. I'd welcome suggestions for improvements to this.
>>> import contwext >>> conversation = contwext.fetch_conversation('kemayo', datetime.now() - timedelta(days = 1)) >>> for tweet in conversation: print tweet kemayo: Strongly tempted to write a contextual retweeter for LJ, which would include the tweets you @replied to. * miksago: @kemayo LiveJournal.. wasn't that.. sorta deceased? kemayo: @miksago One is tied to it by community.* gamoid: @kemayo If it worked better than LoudTwitter, I'd use it.
Tweets are represented as objects of the contwext.Status class. They have useful attributes like text, user, and created_at.
Users are represented as objects of the contwext.User class. They have useful attributes like screen_name and name.
If http://github.com/kemayo/longurl is present it'll be used to expand URLs in status updates when the Status.html() method is called. I might rearrange this in the future...
Included is contwext_journal.py, which will post a twitter user's last day of conversation to livejournal.
To run it you need ljpy: http://code.google.com/p/ljpy
Rename contwext_journal.ini.default to contwext_journal.ini and enter your information.