file.rb

# 1. Install CouchDBX. Fire it up. (OS X only.)
# 2. sudo gem install couchrest json
# 3. Think up a nice keyword.
# 4. irb
  require 'couchrest'
  require 'open-uri'
  require 'json'

  database_name = 'twitter-test'
  @db = CouchRest.database!("http://127.0.0.1:5984/#{database_name}")

  twitter_search_url = "http://search.twitter.com/search.json?"
  keyword = 'couchdb'

  (1..10).each  do |n|
    JSON.parse(open("#{twitter_search_url}q=#{keyword}&rpp=100&page=#{n}").read)['results'].each do |post|
      @db.save_doc(post)
    end    
  end