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
              
@@ -64,6 +67,10 @@ module Agents

                       if options[:include_retweets].present? && !%w[true false].include?(options[:include_retweets])
              

                         errors.add(:base, "include_retweets must be a boolean value string (true/false)")
              

                       end
              

                +      
              

                +      if options[:exclude_replies].present? && !%w[true false].include?(options[:exclude_replies])
              

                +        errors.add(:base, "exclude_replies must be a boolean value string (true/false)")
              

                +      end
              

                 
              

                       if options[:starting_at].present?
              

                         Time.parse(options[:starting_at]) rescue errors.add(:base, "Error parsing starting_at")
              
@@ -81,10 +88,14 @@ module Agents

                     def include_retweets?
              

                       interpolated[:include_retweets] != "false"
              

                     end
              

                +    
              

                +    def exclude_replies?
              

                +      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