NAME

POE::Component::Server::Twirc - Twitter/IRC gateway

SYNOPSIS

    use POE::Component::Server::Twirc;

    POE::Component::Server::Twirc->new;

    POE::Kernel->run;

DESCRIPTION

"POE::Component::Server::Twirc" provides an IRC/Twitter gateway. Twitter friends are added to a channel and messages they post on twitter appear as channel messages in IRC. The IRC interface supports several Twitter features, including posting status updates, following and un-following Twitter feeds, enabling and disabling mobile device notifications or retweets, sending direct messages, and querying information about specific Twitter users.

Friends who are also followers are given "voice" as a visual clue in IRC.

METHODS

new

Spawns a POE component encapsulating the Twitter/IRC gateway.

Arguments:

irc_server_name: (Optional) The name of the IRC server. Defaults to "twitter.irc".
irc_server_port: (Optional) The port number the IRC server binds to. Defaults to 6667.
irc_server_bindaddr: (Optional) The local address to bind to. Defaults to '127.0.0.1'.
irc_mask: (Optional) The IRC user/host mask used to restrict connecting users. Defaults to "*@127.0.0.1".
irc_password: (Optional) Password used to authenticate to the IRC server.
irc_botname: (Optional) The name of the channel operator bot. Defaults to "tweeter". Select a name that does not conflict with friends, followers, or your own IRC nick.
irc_botircname: (Optional) Text to be used as the channel operator bot's IRC full name.
irc_channel: (Optional) The name of the channel to use. Defaults to &twitter.
selection_count: (Optional) How many favorites candidates to display for selection. Defaults to 3.
truncate_to: (Optional) When displaying tweets for selection, they will be truncated to this length. Defaults to 60.
log_channel: (Optional) If specified, twirc will post log messages to this channel.
state_file: (Optional) File used to store state information between sessions, including last message read for replies, direct messages, and timelines.
plugins: (Optional) An array of plugin objects.

COMMANDS

Commands are entered as public messages in the IRC channel in the form:

    command arg1 arg2 ... argn

Where the arguments, if any, depend upon the command.

post status

Post a status update. E.g.,

    post Now cooking tweets with twirc!

follow id

Follow a new Twitter user, id. In Twitter parlance, this creates a friendship.

unfollow id

Stop following Twitter user id. In Twitter, parlance, this destroys a friendship.

block id

Block Twitter user id.

unblock id

Stop blocking Twitter user id.

whois id

Displays information about Twitter user id, including name, location, and description.

notify on|off screen_name ...

Turns mobile device notifications on or off for the list of screen_names.

retweets on|off screen_name ...

Turns retweet display on your timeline on or off for the list of screen_names.

favorite screen_name [count]

Mark a tweet as a favorite. Specify the user by screen_name and select from a list of recent tweets. Optionally, specify the number of tweets to display for selection with count (Defaults to 3.)

rate_limit_status

Displays the remaining number of API requests available in the current hour.

retweet screen_name [count]

Re-tweet another user's status. Specify the user by screen_name and select from a list of recent tweets. Optionally, specify the number of tweets to display for selection with count (Defaults to 3.)

rt screen_name [count]

An alias for the "retweet" command.

reply screen_name [-count] message

Reply to another user's status. Specify the user by screen_name and select from a list of recent tweets. Optionally, specify the number of tweets to display for selection with -count (Defaults to 3.) Note that the count parameter is prefixed with a dash.

report_spam

Report 1 or more screen names as spammers.

add screen_name to list-slug

Add a user to one of your lists.

remove screen_name from list-slug

Add a user to one of your lists.

help

Display a simple help message

/msg id text

Sends a direct message to Twitter user id using an IRC private message.

AUTHOR

Marc Mims <marc@questright.com>

CONTRIBUTORS

Adam Prime <adam.prime@utoronto.ca> (@adamprime) Peter Roberts <me+dev@peter-r.co.uk>

LICENSE

You may distribute this code and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.