test_twitter.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'twitter'

config = File.exists?("#{ENV['HOME']}/.twitter") ? YAML::load(open("#{ENV['HOME']}/.twitter")) : Hash.new
if config.empty?
  print "> what was the comsumer token twitter provided you with? "
  config['token'] = gets.chomp
  print "> what was the comsumer secret twitter provided you with? "
  config['secret'] = gets.chomp
  File.open( "#{ENV['HOME']}/.twitter", 'w' ) do |out|
     YAML.dump( config, out )
  end

end
 
oauth = Twitter::OAuth.new(config['token'], config['secret'])
if config['atoken'] and config['asecret']
  oauth.authorize_from_access(config['atoken'], config['asecret']) 
else
  puts rtoken  = oauth.request_token.token
  puts rsecret = oauth.request_token.secret
  puts rurl = oauth.request_token.authorize_url
  puts "access the url above"
  print "> what was the PIN twitter provided you with? "
  pin = gets.chomp
  oauth.authorize_from_request(rtoken, rsecret, pin)
  config['atoken'] = oauth.access_token.token
  config['asecret'] = oauth.access_token.secret
  File.open( "#{ENV['HOME']}/.twitter", 'w' ) do |out|
     YAML.dump( config, out )
  end

end
client = Twitter::Base.new(oauth)
client.friends_timeline.each  { |tweet| puts tweet.inspect }
client.user_timeline.each     { |tweet| puts tweet.inspect }
client.mentions.each           { |tweet| puts tweet.inspect }

client.update("Heeeyyyyoooo from Twitter Gem at #{Time.now}!")