Basic example about using grackle to communicate with twitter

grackle-client-server-communication.rb

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+# grackle is small libary to access twitter, retrieve data from it, send data to twitter and more.
+# find out more about grackle here: http://github.com/hayesdavis/grackle
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'grackle'
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+# To communicate with twitter we need a client.
+# yes, it's this simple, all boring things are hidden
+client = Grackle::Client.new
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+# First let's see for some information about a User
+puts y client.user.show('TomK32')
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+# We can also search
+puts y client.search? :q => 'ruby twitter'
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+# here you have to change the username and password
+client = Grackle::Client.new(:auth=>{:type=>:basic,:username=>'yourusername',:password=>'yourpassword'})
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+# and now you can put a new status
+client.statuses.update! :status=>'this status is from my grackle client'
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+# Want to try more, read the official API and just try out. http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-API-Documentation