Powersocket

A tiny library for connecting to Gnip Powertrack streams.

Usage

There are two ways to configure PowerSocket:

Provide three separate User, Password, and Path (just the path section of your PT url) arguments, and a callback for when a tweet arrives:

 
var powerSocket = require('powersocket');
new powerSocket.Connection({
  username: process.env.POWERSOCKET_USER,
  password: process.env.POWERSOCKET_PASS,
  path:     process.env.POWERSOCKET_PATH1,
  onTweet:  onTweet
});
 
function onTweet(tweet)
  io.sockets.emit('tweet', tweet);
}

Or, just provide a full URL that includes your PT username and password, and a callback:

 
var powerSocket = require('powersocket');
new powerSocket.Connection({
  url: process.env.POWERSOCKET_URL,
  onTweet:  onTweet
});
 
function onTweet(tweet)
  io.sockets.emit('tweet', tweet);
}

Your callback will be triggered whenever a new tweet arrives. An error will be raised on any error in the HTTP client.