counter.rb

#
# Before running:
#   $ gem install twitter
#
# Register a Twitter application to get auth credentials:
#   https://dev.twitter.com/apps
#
# To run:
#   $ ruby counter.rb upworthy.com 500
#
# Where 'upworthy.com' is the website and '500' is the number of tweets to analyze.
#
# Context:
#   http://luigimontanez.com/2012/actually-social-media-buttons-work-really-well
#
require 'rubygems'
require 'twitter'

search_term = ARGV[0]
num_tweets = ARGV.fetch(1, 100).to_i
total_tweets = 0
from_button = 0
from_ios = 0
from_android = 0
from_web = 0
from_facebook = 0
from_hootsuite = 0
from_ifttt = 0
from_twitterfeed = 0
from_dlvr = 0


client = Twitter::REST::Client.new do |config|
  config.consumer_key         = "YOUR_CONSUMER_KEY"
  config.consumer_secret      = "YOUR_CONSUMER_SECRET"
  config.access_token         = "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
  config.access_token_secret  = "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET"
end

options = {:count => num_tweets, :result_type => 'recent'}
client.search(search_term, result_type: "recent").take(num_tweets).each do |tweet|
  total_tweets += 1
  from_button += 1 if tweet.source =~ /Twitter for Websites/
  from_ios += 1 if tweet.source =~ /iOS/
  from_ios += 1 if tweet.source =~ /iPhone/
  from_ios += 1 if tweet.source =~ /iPad/
  from_android += 1 if tweet.source =~ /Android/
  from_web += 1 if tweet.source =~ /Web Client/
  from_facebook += 1 if tweet.source =~ /Facebook/
  from_hootsuite += 1 if tweet.source =~ /Hootsuite/
  from_ifttt += 1 if tweet.source =~ /IFTTT/
  from_twitterfeed += 1 if tweet.source =~ /twitterfeed/
  from_dlvr += 1 if tweet.source =~ /dlvr/

  max_id = tweet.id
end

puts "Search term: #{search_term}"
puts "Total tweets analyzed: #{total_tweets}"
puts "Tweets from button: #{from_button} (#{sprintf('%.1f', (from_button.to_f / total_tweets.to_f) * 100)}%)"
puts "Tweets from iOS: #{from_ios} (#{sprintf('%.1f', (from_ios.to_f / total_tweets.to_f) * 100)}%)"
puts "Tweets from Android: #{from_android} (#{sprintf('%.1f', (from_android.to_f / total_tweets.to_f) * 100)}%)"
puts "Tweets from Twitter.com: #{from_web} (#{sprintf('%.1f', (from_web.to_f / total_tweets.to_f) * 100)}%)"
puts "Tweets from Facebook: #{from_facebook} (#{sprintf('%.1f', (from_facebook.to_f / total_tweets.to_f) * 100)}%)"
puts "Tweets from Hootsuite: #{from_hootsuite} (#{sprintf('%.1f', (from_hootsuite.to_f / total_tweets.to_f) * 100)}%)"
puts "Tweets from IFTTT: #{from_ifttt} (#{sprintf('%.1f', (from_ifttt.to_f / total_tweets.to_f) * 100)}%)"
puts "Tweets from twitterfeed: #{from_twitterfeed} (#{sprintf('%.1f', (from_twitterfeed.to_f / total_tweets.to_f) * 100)}%)"
puts "Tweets from dlvr.it: #{from_dlvr} (#{sprintf('%.1f', (from_dlvr.to_f / total_tweets.to_f) * 100)}%)"