Added current trends and ability to exclude hash tags.

lib/twitter.rb

@@ -59,4 +59,5 @@ def self.follower_ids(id)
 require File.join(directory, 'twitter', 'httpauth')
 require File.join(directory, 'twitter', 'request')
 require File.join(directory, 'twitter', 'base')
-require File.join(directory, 'twitter', 'search')
+require File.join(directory, 'twitter', 'search')
+require File.join(directory, 'twitter', 'trends')

lib/twitter/trends.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module Twitter
+  class Trends
+    include HTTParty
+    base_uri 'search.twitter.com/trends'
+    format :json
+
+    # :exclude => 'hashtags' to exclude hashtags
+    def self.current(options={})
+      response = get('/current.json', :query => options)
+      response['trends'].values.flatten.map { |t| Mash.new(t) }
+    end
+  end
+end

test/fixtures/trends_current.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"trends":{"2009-05-18 20:53:51":[{"query":"#musicmonday","name":"#musicmonday"},{"query":"#newdivide","name":"#newdivide"},{"query":"\"New Divide\"","name":"New Divide"},{"query":"#3turnoffwords","name":"#3turnoffwords"},{"query":"#3hotwords","name":"#3hotwords"},{"query":"#ecomonday","name":"#ecomonday"},{"query":"#medievalmovies","name":"#medievalmovies"},{"query":"\"Star Trek\"","name":"Star Trek"},{"query":"#wolframalpha","name":"#wolframalpha"},{"query":"AT&T","name":"AT&T"}]},"as_of":1242680031}

test/fixtures/trends_current_exclude.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"as_of":1242679796,"trends":{"2009-05-18 20:49:56":[{"query":"\"New Divide\"","name":"New Divide"},{"query":"\"Star Trek\"","name":"Star Trek"},{"query":"AT&T","name":"AT&T"},{"query":"\"Angels & Demons\"","name":"Angels & Demons"},{"query":"RIP","name":"RIP"},{"query":"Dollhouse","name":"Dollhouse"},{"query":"Ashes","name":"Ashes"},{"query":"\"Linkin Park\"","name":"Linkin Park"},{"query":"\"Memorial Day\" OR \"Green Day\"","name":"Memorial Day"},{"query":"Brazil","name":"Brazil"}]}}

test/twitter/trends_test.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'
+
+class TrendsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  include Twitter
+
+  should "be able to get current trends" do
+    stub_get('http://search.twitter.com:80/trends/current.json', 'trends_current.json')
+    trends = Trends.current
+    trends.size.should == 10
+    trends[0].name.should == '#musicmonday'
+    trends[0].query.should == '#musicmonday'
+    trends[1].name.should == '#newdivide'
+    trends[1].query.should == '#newdivide'
+  end
+
+  should "be able to exclude hashtags from current trends" do
+    stub_get('http://search.twitter.com:80/trends/current.json?exclude=hashtags', 'trends_current_exclude.json')
+    trends = Trends.current(:exclude => 'hashtags')
+    trends.size.should == 10
+    trends[0].name.should == 'New Divide'
+    trends[0].query.should == %Q(\"New Divide\")
+    trends[1].name.should == 'Star Trek'
+    trends[1].query.should == %Q(\"Star Trek\")
+  end
+end