Twitter Streaming API + Node.js + WebSockets Demo

Requirements

• node.js http://nodejs.org/ (tested on v0.1.90 and v0.1.92)
• Google Chrome Browser (for WebSockets)

Libraries used

• http://github.com/technoweenie/twitter-node
• http://github.com/ncr/node.ws.js

Usage

• Checkout this demo some where inside your webserver htdocs folder: git clone http://github.com/kompozer/tweamer.git
• Navigate via terminal to YOUR_CHECKOUT_PATH/tweamer/server
• Edit tweeamer.js and add twitter credentials. They are required for twitter streaming api usage
• Start the server: node tweeamer.js
• Navigate with Google Chrome to the location of the index.html file
• Enjoy