Twitter Node.js Socket.IO Example

Quick experiment of direct streaming from twitter to the browser, with no polling, using Node.js and Socket.IO.
(Based on Andre Goncalves’ (@andregoncalves) websocket example, which is in turn based on to Ruben Fonseca’s version with Ruby and AMQP).

Requirements:

• Node.js.

How To:

• Download and install node.js (instructions here).
• Download the project from github.
• Start the server: node server.js <twitter_username> <twitter_password> <optional_keyword>.
• Open http://localhost:8080.

Libraries used:

• socket.io
• node-static

Eric Dennis (Blog, @ericdennis)