Actionscript:
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[SWF(width = 700, height=700, frameRate=12)]
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var cmds:Array = [];
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var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
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var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://search.twitter.com/search.atom");
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var vars:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
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vars.q = "#asgraph";
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// results per page
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vars.rpp = "100";
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vars.page = 1;
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req.data = vars;
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req.method = URLRequestMethod.GET;
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loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoaded);
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loader.load(req);
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var txt:TextField = TextField(addChild(new TextField()));
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txt.defaultTextFormat = new TextFormat("_sans", 12);
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with (txt){ x=10, y=10, autoSize="left"; }
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txt.htmlText = "loading...";
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function onLoaded(evt:Event):void{
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removeChild(txt);
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var searchData:XML = new XML(loader.data);
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var atom:Namespace = searchData.namespace("");
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var leng:int = searchData.atom::entry.length() -1;
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for (var i:int = leng; i>=0; i--){
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var cmd:String =
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searchData.atom::entry[i].atom::title.toString().replace(/\#asgraph/g,
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"");
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// added this to ignore words starting with @
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cmd = cmd.replace(/@(\w+)/g, "");
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cmds.push(cmd);
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}
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var time:Timer = new Timer(100, cmds.length);
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time.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, onTick);
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time.start();
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}
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function onTick(evt:TimerEvent):void{
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render(parseFunctions(cmds[evt.target.currentCount - 1]));
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graphics.endFill();
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graphics.lineStyle();
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}
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// parse and run Graphics class commands
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function parseFunctions(dat:String):Array{
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var a:Array = dat.split(";") ;
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for (var i:int = 0; i<a.length-1; i++){
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a[i] = a[i].split(/\(\)|\(|\)/g);
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var f:String = a[i][0] = a[i][0].replace(/\s/g,"");
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a[i] = a[i].splice(0, a[i].length - 1);
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if (a[i].length> 1){
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a[i] = a[i][1].split(",");
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a[i].unshift(f);
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}
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}
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return a.splice(0,a.length - 1);
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}
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function render(p:Array):void {
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for (var i:int = 0; i<p.length; i++) {
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try{
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graphics[p[i][0]].apply(graphics,p[i].splice(1));
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}catch(e:Error){};
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}
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}
This is a simple idea I had awhile back... This snippet searches twitter for the #asgraph hashtag and if it finds standard Graphics class method calls it renders them.
So if you tweet something likethis :
#asgraph beginFill(0xFF); drawCircle(200,200,10);
it will get rendered into the below swf (you'll need to refresh to see your tweet get rendered):
This movie requires Flash Player 9
3 Comments
Very clever. Now off to tweet an advertisement for my site.
Very nice Idea
Really !
ha very cool. expand out to look for other stuff, loops, very cool idea.