TweetShrink

This gem provides a Ruby interface to the TweetShrink API, as well as a shell command that can
be used as a filter for your favorite text editor.

What is TweetShrink?

Tweetshrink tries its very best to fit your text within the harsh constraints of a tweet by replacing common phrases and words with shorter representations. Kind of like running your new text through the dryer or sending it to fat camp.

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Requirements

HTTParty

Installation

rake gem
gem install pkg/tweetshrink-0.0.1.gem

Shell usage

1. You can use STDIN
   $ echo “Some text to shrink” | tweetshrink # => “sum text 2 shrnk”

1. or a file
   $ tweetshrink [filename]

Ruby usage

require ‘tweetshrink’
t = TweetShrink.shrink(“Some text to shrink”)
t[‘text’] # The short text
t[‘original_text’] # The long text
t[‘difference’] # The difference (number of characters eliminated)

Copyright

Copyright © 2008 Logan Koester. See LICENSE for details.