Pick a random winner from range of @reply tweets

TwitterPicker.rb

# ruby-1.9.2-p180 
require 'twitter' #gem install twitter
require 'ap'  #gem install awesome_print

Twitter.configure do |config|
  config.consumer_key = 'top secret'
  config.consumer_secret = 'top secret'
  config.oauth_token = 'top secret'
  config.oauth_token_secret = 'top secret'
end

# collect the tweets during the context. must know the first id and last id 
contest_tweets = Twitter.mentions(:since_id => 59291047129387008, :max_id => 59717310998511616, :count => 150)

# sort the tweets by username
contest_tweets.sort do |a,b|
  a.user.screen_name <=> b.user.screen_name
end

usernames = ["sustainableweb"]
no_dups = []

# reject any duplicate entries
contest_tweets.each do |t|
  unless usernames.include? t.user.screen_name #(not in) usernames then
    no_dups << t.user.screen_name
  end
  usernames << t.user.screen_name
end

# print out the tweets
# contest_tweets.each do |m| 
#   puts m.user.screen_name + " : " + m.text
# end

# print out names without duplicates
puts "-----------------------------------------\n"
no_dups2 = no_dups.sort {|a,b| a.downcase <=> b.downcase}
no_dups2.each do |m| 
  ap m
end

#select a winner
winner  = no_dups[rand(no_dups.size)]
winner2 = no_dups[rand(no_dups.size)]
puts "-----------------------------------------\n"
puts "winner #1 is:"
puts winner
puts "winner #2 is:"
puts winner2