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Fetch most recent tweet for declared username
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| /** | |
| * Fetch Most Recent Tweet | |
| * @author: Rachel Baker | |
| * | |
| * Fetches most recent tweet for a declared username and displays returned data | |
| * | |
| * | |
| */ | |
| jQuery(document).ready(function($) { | |
| // Declare twitter username here | |
| var twitterUser = 'rachelbaker'; | |
| // Enable caching | |
| $.ajaxSetup({ | |
| cache: true | |
| }); | |
| // Send JSON request | |
| $.getJSON("https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.json?include_entities=true&exclude_replies=true&include_rts=false&screen_name=" + twitterUser + "&count=1&callback=?", function(data) { | |
| $.each(data, function(i, item) { | |
| // Calculate how many hours ago tweet was posted | |
| var dateTweet = new Date(item.created_at); | |
| var dateNow = new Date(); | |
| var dateDiff = dateNow - dateTweet; | |
| var hours = Math.round(dateDiff / (1000 * 60 * 60)); | |
| var tweetTime = "<timedate><a href='http://www.twitter.com/" + twitterUser + "/status/" + item.id_str + "''>" + hours + " hours ago</a></timedate>"; | |
| var tweetData = "<p>" + item.text + "</p>"; | |
| $('#tweet').append(tweetData); | |
| $('span.time').append(tweetTime); | |
| $('#username').append("@" + twitterUser); | |
| }); | |
| }); | |
| }); |
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Example HTML for inserting tweet:
<div id="tweet-container">
<h6 id="username">@rachelbaker <span class="time"></span></h6>
<div id="tweet"></div>
</div><!--/#tweet-container -->
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