getTweets

deferred.js

var getTweets = function(searchURL){

    return $.Deferred(function(dfd){
        $.ajax({
            url : searchURL,
            
            dataType : 'jsonp',

            success : function(data){
                //make sure what we got back valid data from twitter
                if(typeof data === 'object' && ! ('error' in data)){
                    dfd.resolve(data.results);
                }
                else{
                    //we can pass variables to our callbacks
                    dfd.reject('bad response from server');
                }
            },
            error : function(){
                dfd.reject('ajax error');
            }
        });
    }).promise();
};