./twitter.rb > tweet.html

sudo apt-get install ruby rubygems libhpricot-ruby

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'hpricot'
require 'net/http'

$username = 'user'
$password = 'secret'

def twitter(command, opts={}, type=:get)
   # Open an HTTP connection to twitter.com
   twitter = Net::HTTP.start('twitter.com')

   # Depending on the request type, create either
   # an HTTP::Get or HTTP::Post object
   case type
   when :get
      # Append the options to the URL
      command << "?" + opts.map{|k,v| "#=#" }.join('&')
      req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(command)

   when :post
      # Set the form data with options
      req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(command)
      req.set_form_data(opts)
   end

   # Set up the authentication and
   # make the request
   req.basic_auth( $username, $password )
   res = twitter.request(req)

   # Raise an exception unless Twitter
   # returned an OK result
   unless res.is_a? Net::HTTPOK
      doc = Hpricot(res.body)
      raise "#: #"
   end

   # Return the request body
   return res.body
end

# Make an API query and parse the output
#'/statuses/friends_timeline.xml',
doc = Hpricot(twitter(
   '/statuses/user_timeline/17058142.xml',
   {}
))

# If zero statuses were returned, then
# there are no new updates
if (doc/'status').length > 0
   # Get the time of the first update
   #last_id = (doc/'status id').first.inner_html

   # Print in reverse order so newest are
   # printed at the bottom of the list
   st = (doc/'status').first
   #user = (st/'user name').inner_html
   text = (st/'text').inner_html
   # prints text not directed at somebody else
   if text !~ /^[[:blank:]]*@/
      puts "
              "
      puts "#"
      puts "              
      "
   end
end