A Simple Tool To Archive Twitter Threads
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import strutils, options, sugar, sequtils, asyncdispatch, threadpool, db_sqlite, strformat
import twitter
import jester
from htmlgen import nil
# one thread just receives messages with thread ID / username
# thread then passes messages to worker threads in round-robin fashion
# worker threads gather thread contents, then update Redis DB (or sqlite) with thread ID mapped to content
# user can go back to page with thread ID / user combo (or unique ID we give them?) and see compiled thread
type
ThreadRequest = object
tweetID: string
author: string
type TwitterThread = ref object of RootObj
tweetID: string
author: string
tweets: string
var chan : Channel[ThreadRequest]
# Max 20 items processing
chan.open(20)
let db = open("twit2blog.db", "", "", "")
proc createTweetTable() =
db.exec(sql"""CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS threads (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
tid TEXT,
author TEXT,
tweets TEXT
)""")
proc threadExists(threadID : string, author : string) : Option[TwitterThread] =
let row = db.getRow(sql"SELECT * FROM threads WHERE tid=? AND author=?", threadID, author)
if row.all(col => col == ""):
return none(TwitterThread)
some(
TwitterThread(tweetID: row[1],
author: row[2],
tweets: row[3])
)
iterator allAuthors() : string =
for author in db.getAllRows(sql"SELECT DISTINCT author FROM threads"):
yield author[0]
iterator threadIDs(author : string) : string =
for threadID in db.getAllRows(sql"SELECT tid from threads WHERE author=?", author):
yield threadID[0]
proc insertThread(thread : TwitterThread) =
db.exec(sql"INSERT INTO threads (tid, author, tweets) VALUES (?, ?, ?)",
thread.tweetID,
thread.author,
thread.tweets)
router twitblog:
get "/thread/@author/status/@tweetID":
let tweetID = @"tweetID"
let author = @"author"
let thread = threadExists(tweetID, author)
if thread.isSome:
let title = fmt"Thread by {author}"
let tweets = thread.get.tweets.split("\n")
resp htmlgen.body(
htmlgen.a(href=fmt"/author/{author}/threads", fmt"See all of {author}'s threads"),
htmlgen.h4(title),
htmlgen.ul(tweets.map((t) => htmlgen.p(htmlgen.li(t))).join(""))
)
else:
chan.send(ThreadRequest(tweetID: tweetID, author: author))
resp htmlgen.h4("Check back later")
get "/":
# lists all authors
let authors = allAuthors.toSeq
let title = "Authors"
resp htmlgen.body(
htmlgen.h4(title),
htmlgen.ul(
authors.map((author) =>
htmlgen.li(
htmlgen.a(href=fmt"/author/{author}/threads", author)
)
).join("")
)
)
get "/author/@author/threads":
let author = @"author"
let title = fmt"Threads for {author}"
let threads = toSeq(threadIDs(author))
resp htmlgen.body(
htmlgen.h4(title),
htmlgen.ul(
threads.map((thread) =>
htmlgen.li(
htmlgen.a(href=fmt"/thread/{author}/status/{thread}", thread)
)
).join("")
)
)
proc startServer* =
createTweetTable()
defer: db.close()
let port = 8080.Port
let settings = newSettings(port=port)
var jester = initJester(twitblog, settings=settings)
jester.serve()
proc handleRenders* =
while true:
let t : ThreadRequest = chan.recv()
if threadExists(t.tweetID, t.author).isSome:
echo "We already have this thread, so we're skipping it"
continue
let tweets = t.tweetID.renderThread(t.author)
if tweets.isSome:
insertThread(
TwitterThread(tweetID: t.tweetID,
author: t.author,
tweets: tweets.get.join("\n"))
)