TCP server that streams currently tweeting twitter handles of those around NYC for use via Apache Spark. Code HEAVILY borrowed from http://kmkeen.com/socketserver/

gistfile1.py

import SocketServer, subprocess, sys
from threading import Thread
from TwitterAPI import TwitterAPI
import json, unidecode

api = TwitterAPI(consumer_key, consumer_secret, access_token_key, access_token_secret)

HOST = 'localhost'
PORT = 9999

class SingleTCPHandler(SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler):
    "One instance per connection.  Override handle(self) to customize action."
    def handle(self):
        # self.request is the client connection
        print "New handler!"
        #data = self.request.recv(1024)  # clip input at 1Kb
        r = api.request('statuses/filter', {'locations':'-74,40,-73,41'}) # NYC Lat/Long
        for item in r:
          if 'user' in item and 'screen_name' in item['user']:
            message = unidecode.unidecode(item['user']['screen_name']).strip()
            self.request.send(message + '\n')
        print "Sent!"
        self.request.close()

class SimpleServer(SocketServer.ThreadingMixIn, SocketServer.TCPServer):
    # Ctrl-C will cleanly kill all spawned threads
    daemon_threads = True
    # much faster rebinding
    allow_reuse_address = True

    def __init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass):
        SocketServer.TCPServer.__init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    server = SimpleServer((HOST, PORT), SingleTCPHandler)
    # terminate with Ctrl-C
    try:
        server.serve_forever()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        sys.exit(0)