Comments on Ruby, Javascript, Erlang blog: Snakes, Gems & Coffee: Twitter4R v0.2.0: Messaging API

@McSvenster This is a known issue with Twitter4R v...

2009-04-21T14:50:26.119-05:00

@McSvenster This is a known issue with Twitter4R v0.3.0 from Rubyforge. There are two solutions (one is really just a workaround):
1. (The Workaround) Before doing require("twitter"), please add require("time").
2. (The Preferred Solution) Install the GitHub development 0.3.1 version which has many new features. Follow instructions below:
http://wiki.github.com/mbbx6spp/twitter4r/howto-install-github-development-releases

HTH,
Susan
PS Please post future questions to the Google Group: twitter4r-users. Thanks!

Thank You Susan, for this work! I'm just a Ruby be...

2009-04-21T10:42:00.000-05:00

Thank You Susan, for this work! I'm just a Ruby beginner and alway searching for new ways to learn about it. That's when I found Your twitter gem.
I have a problem I cannot solve: when I try to send or reveive messagesI get the following error:

NoMethodError: undefined method `parse' for Time:Class

Twitter seems to get the request and to answer.

Do You hav a hint for me?

@CoolBox: yes, I think you are right - it is anoth...

2009-03-05T04:53:27.092-06:00

@CoolBox: yes, I think you are right - it is another gem interfering. When I first started Twitter4R the twitter gem was just a class called Twitter or TwitterClient or something (I forget). To namespace my work in my new gem (since the twitter gem was not very reusable at the time and only useful for CLI purposes) I created a module called Twitter to put my crap inside:) Since then the twitter gem has followed suit.

The way to fix this would be remove the twitter gem (sudo gem uninstall twitter) or your might be able to get around it if you specify the following at the top of your file:
gem('twitter4r', '>=0.3.0') # or whatever version you want to mandate
require('twitter')

I am not sure about the latter workaround, but it might work.

Thanks!

Hey. Just found your gem and i have been playing a...

2009-03-05T03:22:00.000-06:00

Hey. Just found your gem and i have been playing around with it in my Console checking the functionality and everything.

I have come across something though which is really confusing me. The gem works fine and brilliantly on my iMac at work but for some reason i keep getting the following error on my MacBook:

ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (1 for 0)
from (irb):3:in `initialize'
from (irb):3:in `new'
from (irb):3

The code i am using is:

require 'twitter'
require 'twitter/console'
client = Twitter::Client.new(:login => "mylogin", :password => "mypassword")

...it is then at this point that i get the error. As i say though i have played around with this in my Console on my iMac and it works fine!

The only think i can think is that their might be some other gem or something conflicting with it, im not sure. Do you have any clues what this might be?

Thanks again. :-)

I totally forgot to respond to this over my Christ...

2008-01-12T13:46:26.441-06:00

I totally forgot to respond to this over my Christmas vacation.

# in environment.rb
gem 'twitter4r', '>=0.3.0'
require 'twitter'

# in your controller action method
client = Twitter::Client.new(:login => 'anupks', :password => 'anup1234')
@messages = client.messages(:received)

I couln't reproduce any error at all using the code above. Can you make sure you have the code as described above?

I am using Twitter4R version 0.3.0 installed as a RubyGem locally.

@palash basu: actually this is a different error...

2007-12-26T09:43:40.640-06:00

@palash basu: actually this is a *different* error. Which is good!

So it looks like the original problem was resolved and it was the older gem causing the problem.

I'll be look into this when I have my development laptop on, as my parent's desktop doesn't have Ruby installed:(

Hi PotterThanks for your suggestion, but boss ther...

2007-12-26T07:15:00.000-06:00

Hi Potter

Thanks for your suggestion, but boss there is some other error coming

I am uninstall the older gem, an installing the newer by running the following command

$ sudo gem uninstall twitter

Again wite thetwo line code in environment.rb

gem 'twitter4r', '>=0.3.0'
require 'twitter'

but still i am getting the following error
ArgumentError in HomeController#show_twitter

wrong number of arguments (1 for 0)

RAILS_ROOT: ./script/../config/..
Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/twitter4r-0.3.0/lib/twitter/console.rb:24:in `initialize'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/twitter4r-0.3.0/lib/twitter/console.rb:24:in `new'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/twitter4r-0.3.0/lib/twitter/console.rb:24:in `from_config'
E:/ruzuku_v1/app/controllers/home_controller.rb:209:in `show_twitter'
-e:4:in `load'
-e:4

Please help

@palash basu: There are two possible issues going ...

2007-12-25T08:42:35.355-06:00

@palash basu: There are two possible issues going on:

1. You might have the older less functional Twitter Gem installed, so when you do write the following:
require 'twitter'

It will load the older Twitter Gem Ruby code instead of the Twitter4R code. The work around for this currently is to remove the older Twitter Gem from your gem repository:
$ sudo gem uninstall twitter

2. Another possibility is that you do not have the initialization code in the environment.rb or another Ruby file that gets loaded before the HomeController. If the following code isn't already *in* the config/environment.rb, please add it to the bottom:
gem 'twitter4r', '>=0.3.0'
require 'twitter'

You should not need to use the "require 'rubygems'" line in environment.rb as Rails already loads it.

i am using the following coderequire 'rubygems'gem...

2007-12-25T02:41:00.000-06:00

i am using the following code

require 'rubygems'
gem 'twitter4r', '>=0.3.0'
require 'twitter'

client = Twitter::Client.new(:login => 'anupks', :password => 'anup1234')
@messages = client.messages(:received)

getting the follwing error
uninitialized constant Twitter::Client

RAILS_ROOT: ./script/../config/..
Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:263:in `load_missing_constant'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:452:in `const_missing'
E:/ruzuku_v1/app/controllers/home_controller.rb:200:in `show_twitter'
-e:4:in `load'
-e:4

can tou help me out

@palash: it would help if you showed the code that...

2007-10-10T08:52:57.179-05:00

@palash: it would help if you showed the code that exists in the controller this is coming from. The first thing to check is that the configuration file you are loading in the *from_config* actually exists and the correct path has been specified for it.

Without the calling code in the controller, I am unable to say any more.

no npw the folowin error is comingwrong number of ...

2007-10-10T05:58:00.000-05:00

no npw the folowin error is coming

wrong number of arguments (1 for 0)

RAILS_ROOT: ./script/../config/..
Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/twitter4r-0.2.5/lib/twitter/console.rb:24:in `initialize'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/twitter4r-0.2.5/lib/twitter/console.rb:24:in `new'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/twitter4r-0.2.5/lib/twitter/console.rb:24:in `from_config'
#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/controllers/home_controller.rb:13:in `send_pm'
-e:4:in `load'
-e:4

Let me know if the problem persists though.

2007-07-20T14:09:09.496-05:00

Let me know if the problem persists though.

Having said that, I am now able to run the Twitter...

2007-07-20T14:08:27.136-05:00

Having said that, I am now able to run the Twitter4R sanity test that I usually only run right before doing a release.

My direct messaging code looks like:

require('twitter')
require('twitter/console')

version = Twitter::Version.to_version
puts "Sanity testing #{version}"
config_file = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'config', 'twitter.yml')
twitter = Twitter::Client.from_config(config_file)

text = 'This is a test direct message for sanity test script purposes'
message = twitter.message(:post, text, 'mbbx6spp')

There were no external API changes between 0.2.0 and 0.2.2 except adding attributes, which would not have caused a 404 HTTP error from twitter.com server as your script seemed to have created.

It looks like the Twitter.com website is being upg...

2007-07-20T14:03:26.839-05:00

It looks like the Twitter.com website is being upgraded right now. When surfing to the website it gives me the message:

"Hey! We're letting loose a new feature or tweaking the existing ones! One second and you'll be back to your regularly scheduled Twitterin'."

For some reason I haven't yet been able to do anyt...

2007-07-20T12:48:00.000-05:00

For some reason I haven't yet been able to do anything with twitter4r 0.2.2:

ceefour@ojalanow:/media/prestige/home/ceefour/bin$ pm ahhhhh......
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/twitter4r-0.2.2/lib/twitter/client/base.rb:34:in `raise_rest_error': Not Found (Twitter::RESTError)
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/twitter4r-0.2.2/lib/twitter/client/base.rb:39:in `handle_rest_response'
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/twitter4r-0.2.2/lib/twitter/client/base.rb:13:in `http_connect'
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:543:in `start'
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/twitter4r-0.2.2/lib/twitter/client/base.rb:9:in `http_connect'
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/twitter4r-0.2.2/lib/twitter/client/messaging.rb:67:in `message'
from /home/ceefour/bin/pm:7
ceefour@ojalanow:/media/prestige/home/ceefour/bin$ vim pm
ceefour@ojalanow:/media/prestige/home/ceefour/bin$ pm ahhhhh......
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/twitter4r-0.2.2/lib/twitter/model.rb:86:in `to_s': undefined method `respond_to' for #< Twitter::Message:0xb78fde70 > (NoMethodError)
from /home/ceefour/bin/pm:8:in `puts'
from /home/ceefour/bin/pm:8

My code is simply the same as here but with my login (email) & password.

weird. :-(

Comments on Ruby, Javascript, Erlang blog: Snakes, Gems & Coffee: Twitter4R v0.2.0: Messaging API

@McSvenster This is a known issue with Twitter4R v...

Thank You Susan, for this work! I'm just a Ruby be...

@CoolBox: yes, I think you are right - it is anoth...

Hey. Just found your gem and i have been playing a...

I totally forgot to respond to this over my Christ...

@palash basu: actually this is a *different* error...

Hi PotterThanks for your suggestion, but boss ther...

@palash basu: There are two possible issues going ...

i am using the following coderequire 'rubygems'gem...

@palash: it would help if you showed the code that...

no npw the folowin error is comingwrong number of ...

Let me know if the problem persists though.

Having said that, I am now able to run the Twitter...

It looks like the Twitter.com website is being upg...

For some reason I haven't yet been able to do anyt...

@palash basu: actually this is a different error...