How to continuously search for a twitter hashtag in Processing

zz732_sh

Hi all, I am working on a project that requires Processing to continuously search for twitter hashtag. I've figured out how to search for multiple hashtags at one time but am still confused with how to modify the code below to meet my need. Anyone can help? Much thanks!

    import twitter4j.conf.*; 
    import twitter4j.api.*; 
    import twitter4j.*; 
    import java.util.*;  
    import ddf.minim.*;
    float z = 0;
    float a = 0;
    PImage bg;
    float theta1 = PI/2;
    String name = "";
    String msg = "";
    boolean stopr = true;
    PImage img;

    ConfigurationBuilder cb; 
    Query query1; 
    Query query2;
    Query query3;
    Query query4;
    Twitter twitter;
    AudioPlayer player;
    Minim minim;

    void setup() {
      size(508, 512); 
      img = loadImage("");
      imageMode(CENTER);
      minim = new Minim(this);
      player = minim.loadFile("", 1024);
      player.play();
      player.loop();


      cb = new ConfigurationBuilder();      //Acreditacion
      cb.setOAuthConsumerKey("");   
      cb.setOAuthConsumerSecret("");   
      cb.setOAuthAccessToken("J");   
      cb.setOAuthAccessTokenSecret("");

      twitter = new TwitterFactory(cb.build()).getInstance();    
      queryTwitter();
    } 



    void queryTwitter() {   
      //Search for four hashtags on Twitter
      query1 = new Query("#nyu");  
      query2 = new Query("#nyc"); 
      query3 = new Query("#acbuilding");
      query4 = new Query("#Inthecity");

      query1.setCount(1);   
      query2.setCount(1);  
      query3.setCount(1);
      query4.setCount(1);

      //Start searching
      try {  
      QueryResult result1 = twitter.search(query1);  
      QueryResult result2 = twitter.search(query2);
      QueryResult result3 = twitter.search(query3);
      QueryResult result4 = twitter.search(query4);

      //Get a list of data from Twitter
       ArrayList tweets1 = (ArrayList) result1.getTweets();
       ArrayList tweets2 = (ArrayList) result2.getTweets();
       ArrayList tweets3 = (ArrayList) result3.getTweets();
       ArrayList tweets4 = (ArrayList) result4.getTweets(); 

      //Confirm if 
      for (int i = 0; i < tweets1.size(); i++) {
        Status t = (Status) tweets1.get(i);
        User user = t.getUser();
        name = user.getName();
        //boolean a = boolean(name);
        msg = t.getText();
        //boolean b = boolean(msg);
        println(name + ": " + msg);
    }


      for (int i = 0; i < tweets2.size(); i++) {
        Status t = (Status) tweets2.get(i);
        User user = t.getUser();
        name = user.getName();
        //boolean c = boolean(name);
        msg = t.getText();
        //boolean d = boolean(msg);
        println(name + ": " + msg);
    };

    } 

      catch (TwitterException te) {     
        println("Couldn''t connect: " + te);
      }
    }


    void draw(){

        z = a + z;

        bg = loadImage("clock.jpg");
        background(bg);
        image(img, width/2 - img.width/2, height - img.height/4);
        //strokeWeight(30);
        //stroke(255, 0, 0);
        pushMatrix();
        translate(width/2, height/2);
        rotate(z);
        image(img, 0, 0);
        //line(0, 0, 0, -height/2);
        popMatrix();

        if (name != "" && msg != "") {
        stopr = false;
        } else {
        stopr = true;
        }

        if (stopr == false) {
          a = 0.01;
        }

       if (stopr == true) {
         a = 0;
       }

    } 

KevinWorkman

Can't you just call the queryTwitter() function whenever you want to update? So like, every X seconds or so?

GoToLoop

Set apart w/ thread("") a function to deal w/ queries every delay(INTERVAL):
http://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/8467/a-quick-question-about-screenshots

koogs

also, see discussion of img4 here: http://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/8087/what-are-setup-and-draw

_vk

Maybe this is a job for the streaming API...

https://dev.twitter.com/streaming/overview

aggesunni

I'm currently working on a code that collects how many times a hashtag have or word have been mentioned and ranks those words from 1 to 3 , so i'm asking what kind of adjustment or addition I can make to this code to reach my goal.