A visual history of tweet frequency

Visit OptiCal and enter a Twitter handle.

Lovingly crafted with ember.js, d3.js, twitter, and sinatra.

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Clone the project:

$ git clone https://github.com/rossta/optical.git && cd optical && bundle

Running OptiCal currently requires Ruby 2.2.2, Ruby's Bundler gem, and credentials for using the Twitter API. Create a new Twitter app to generate the necessary access keys and tokens. Optical (via the Twitter gem) will pick these up when exported as environment variables as shown below:

$ export TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY=aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
$ export TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET=bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
$ export TWITTER_OAUTH_TOKEN=cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc
$ export TWITTER_OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET=dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
$ bundle exec thin start # starts the web server

You can also install the foreman gem which will allow you to run the app with the Procfile:

$ gem install foreman
$ foreman start # starts the web server

If everything works, you should be able to visit http://localhost:5000 in your web browser.