app/models/agents/twitter_user_agent.rb

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ module Agents

                       You must also provide the `username` of the Twitter user to monitor.
              

                 
              

                       Set `include_retweets` to `false` to not include retweets (default: `true`)
              

                +      
              

                +      Set `exclude_replies` to `true` to exclude replies (default: `false`)
              

                 
              

                       Set `expected_update_period_in_days` to the maximum amount of time that you'd expect to pass between Events being created by this Agent.
              

                 
              
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ module Agents

                       {
              

                         'username' => 'tectonic',
              

                         'include_retweets' => 'true',
              

                +        'exclude_replies' => 'false',
              

                         'expected_update_period_in_days' => '2'
              

                       }
              

                     end
              
@@ -81,10 +84,14 @@ module Agents

                     def include_retweets?
              

                       interpolated[:include_retweets] != "false"
              

                     end
              

                +    
              

                +    def exclude_replies?
              

                +      boolify(interpolated[:exclude_replies]) || false
              

                +    end
              

                 
              

                     def check
              

                       since_id = memory['since_id'] || nil
              

                -      opts = {:count => 200, :include_rts => include_retweets?, :exclude_replies => false, :include_entities => true, :contributor_details => true}
              

                +      opts = {:count => 200, :include_rts => include_retweets?, :exclude_replies => exclude_replies?, :include_entities => true, :contributor_details => true}
              

                       opts.merge! :since_id => since_id unless since_id.nil?
              

                 
              

                       # http://rdoc.info/gems/twitter/Twitter/REST/Timelines#user_timeline-instance_method
              

spec/models/agents/twitter_user_agent_spec.rb

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ describe Agents::TwitterUserAgent do

                 
              

                     @opts = {
              

                       :username => "tectonic",
              

                +      :include_retweets => "true",
              

                +      :exclude_replies => "false",
              

                       :expected_update_period_in_days => "2",
              

                       :starting_at => "Jan 01 00:00:01 +0000 2000",
              

                       :consumer_key => "---",