Various Tools for Identi.ca + Node.js

I wanted to get @NFLScoreBot working with identi.ca. Unfortunately, there's no pre-rolled library, so I kind of hacked this together for use with the excellent ntwitter.

This is pretty much a collection of random code that I found useful. Your mileage may vary.

Setup

Run npm install and you're golden.

Using the identi.ca API

If you need to generate tokens, see below

It's fairly easy to get started; just plug your keys and secrets into the following code:

var identica=require("identica");
var i=identica({consumer_key:"CONSUMER_KEY", consumer_secret:"CONSUMER_SECRET", access_token_key:"ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY", access_token_secret:"ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET"});

In the above snippet, i is an instance of the twitter object from ntwitter. To get started, there is some information on the REST API interface in the ntwitter README; for a more detailed listing of the available functions, have a look at the source.

Generating access tokens

First, you need to create an application (or use an existing one).

Then, you can use the getaccesstoken.js script from this repository to grab the necessary token and secret. Just run the script, supplying your consumer key and secret as command line arguments, like:

	node getaccesstoken.js CONSUMER_KEY CONSUMER_SECRET

When run, a browser window should pop up and ask you to log in to identi.ca and approve the application. Do what it says and wait a moment, and your access token and secret should be displayed in the same browser window.

What works with identi.ca + ntwitter

Everything supported by the Twitter-compatible API should work. However, only the following have been explicitly tested:

• Authentication
• Posting status updates
• Getting public, user, mentions, and home timelines
• Searching

What doesn't work

• Stream-related functions
• retweetedToMe and retweetedByMe

TODO

• Better error handling in getaccesstoken.js
• Comprehensively test ntwitter for identi.ca compatibility.

Third Party Code

This code makes use of node-open, which is Copyright 2012 Jay Jordan, and request, which is Copyright 2012 Mikeal Rogers.

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