Controlling Meatspace With Arduino and Twitter

kue-example.coffee

kue = require 'kue'
jobs = kue.createQueue()
kue.app.enable 'jsonp callback'

assembleJob = (data) ->
  type = 'tweet'
  jobData =
    title:data.text
    handle:data.user.screen_name
    avatar:data.user.profile_image_url

  jobs.create(type, jobData).save()

data = {}
assembleJob data

jobs.process 'tweet', (job, done) ->
  done()

node-arduino-example.coffee

arduino = require 'arduino'
# You can figure out your modem path by using the Arduino mac
# software
board = arduino.connect '/dev/tty.usbmodemfa131'
offState = arduino.LOW
onState = arduino.HIGH

# Establish pin 2 as writable
board.pinMode 2, arduino.OUTPUT
board.pinMode 2, offState

# Write the off state to the arduino board
turnOff = (pin) ->
  board.digitalWrite pin, offState

# Write the on state to the arduino board
turnOn = (pin) ->
  board.digitalWrite pin, onState

# Turn pin 2 on and turn it off after 10 seconds
turnOn 2
setTimeout turnOff, 10000, 2

ntwitter-example.coffee

twitter = require 'ntwitter'
users = ['toddjlarsen']

keys =
  consumer_key:process.env.CONSUMER_KEY
  consumer_secret:process.env.CONSUMER_SECRET
  access_token_key:process.env.ACCCESS_TOKEN_KEY
  access_token_secret:process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET

onTweet = (stream) ->
  stream.on 'data' (tweet) ->
    console.dir tweet

twitterAPI = new twitter keys
twitterAPI.stream 'user', track:users, onTweet