gistfile1.js

var sys = require('sys'), http = require('http'), twitter = require('./twitter'), couch = require("./node-couch");

Array.prototype.each = function(fn) {
    for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
        var item = this[i];
        fn.call(null, item);
    }
    return this;
};

var couchDB = couch.CouchDB.db("twitter", "5984", "127.0.0.1");

var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
    couchDB.view("application/sort-by-id", {
        descending : true,
        success : function(response) {
            twitter.query("friends_timeline", {
                username : "username",
                password : "password",
                since_id : response.rows[0].value.id,
                count: 200,
                callback : function(tweets) {
                    tweets.each(function(tweet) {
                        couchDB.saveDoc(tweet, {
                            success : function(doc) {
                                sys.log("Document " + doc._id + " successfully saved")
                            },
                            error : function() {
                                sys.log("Document failed to save");
                            }
                        });
                    }); 

                }
            });
        },
        error : function() {
            sys.log("Failed to retrieve documents");
        }
    });

    res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
    res.write('OK');
    res.close();
});

server.listen(8001);

var ping = http.createClient(8001, "127.0.0.1");
setInterval(function() {
    var request = ping.request("GET", "/");
    request.close();
}, 60000);