sferik/twitter demo app in Rails

Display tweets from a selection of users
Display all tweets in and around Chicago, IL
Collect tweets in the background using delayed_job_active_record or similar
Save tweets to db (helps avoid rate limits)
Query each stream separately and then mix them together manually in the model (e.g. ordered chronologically)

Live app which you can run on the fly: http://code.runnable.com/Vao93VmSdpgdQ0lO/twitter-feed-rails

Gemfile

gem "twitter"
gem "delayed_job"
gem "delayed_job_active_record"

config/initializers/twitter.rb

client = Twitter::REST::Client.new do |config|
  # I know these values shouldn't be public, but it's just a throwaway account :-)
  config.consumer_key        = "oQM83XT6kIcaBoVM1wBmP0bib"
  config.consumer_secret     = "udVq8Vx603JW3fmxoxwbleaRcAObUDmSPAz5rOnuwzVVGp9t4t"
  config.access_token        = "3355714197-wO1FXugi6jX8i9vhWYzG1MnpjuaE3xH1k575ruA"
  config.access_token_secret = "xcqv0ErFRAPPmDij5D30BI4sSsT9iHiGcfxLWtiA2cKOI"
end

app/views/main/index.html.erb

<h1><a href="https://github.com/sferik/twitter">sferik/twitter</a> demo app</h1>
<% client.get_all_tweets("sferik").each do |tweet| %>
  <%= tweet.username %>
  <%= tweet.time %>
  <%= tweet.body %>
<% end %>

app/models/main.rb

class Main < ActiveRecord::Base
  def fetch_users
  end
  
  def fetch_location
  end
end

app/controllers/main_controller.rb

class MainController < ApplicationController
  def index
  end
end

db/migrate/20150722120901_create_tweets.rb

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dt1973/twitter_feed.md

sferik/twitter demo app in Rails