has_many :thoughts: Capistrano Twitter task, take 2

Capistrano Twitter task, take 2

Colin A. Bartlett — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:17:00 -0500

In my original post, I explained how I used the twitter4r gem to post when we deployed an app with capistrano. Chris Matthieu posted a comment about how to do it without the twitter4r gem. I actually like this better, especially after we started having trouble with the twitter4t gem. So, here’s his version that I adapted slightly:

desc 'posts to twitter that an application has been deployed to a web server'
task :send_tweet do
  require 'open-uri'
  require 'net/http'

  url = URI.parse('http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml')
  req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url.path)
  req.basic_auth 'your_username' + ":" + 'your_password', ''
  req.set_form_data({'status' => "Deployed #{application} to #{rails_env}"})
  res = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port).start {|http| http.request(req) }
end

Thanks, Chris!

"Capistrano Twitter task, take 2" by Pat Nakajima

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:50:51 -0500

Hey, I put together a small Twitter script in Ruby that you could easily tie into a Cap task. It allows you to not only update, but also direct message and view sent direct messages (as those were the functions I needed). It wouldn't be tough to add more. The script is here: http://configurati.com/pages/a-twitter-script

"Capistrano Twitter task, take 2" by Craig T.

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:32:46 -0500

What kind of Twitter4R problem? I have never had an issue with Twitter4R gem except the 70 reqs/min limit that has nothing to do with Twitter4R and you will still experience the same issue with the above task.