words

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

fork do
    loop do
        response = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse('http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=eng_trainer&rpp=1'))
        json = JSON.parse response.body

        @new_message = json['results'].first['text']

        if @old_message != @new_message 
            system "notify-send \"New word\" \"#{@new_message}\""

            @old_message = @new_message
        end

        sleep 5
    end
end