example.rb

# This is an example of what a lens may look like.
# It is required by Spectacle when the application is started.

class Twitter < Spectacle::Lens
  database do
    table do |t|
      t.name    :tweets
      t.text    :tweet_content
      t.integer :favorites
    end
  end

  # GET /twitter/tweets
  get '/tweets' do
    get(:tweets).limit(5)
  end

  post '/new' do
    tweet = JSON.parse(PARAMS['TWEET'])
    save(:tweets, tweet)
    201
  end

  SCHEDULER.every '5m' do
    tweets = HTTParty.post('https://twitter.com/aley/tweets')
    if tweets.code == 200
      tweets.each do |tweet|
        save(:tweets, tweet)
      end
      200
    else
      500
    end
  end
end