/* * Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be * found in the LICENSE file. */ /** * Performs an XMLHttpRequest to Twitter's API to get trending topics. * * @param callback Function If the response from fetching url has a * HTTP status of 200, this function is called with a JSON decoded * response. Otherwise, this function is called with null. */ function fetchTwitterFeed(callback) { var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhr.onreadystatechange = function(data) { if (xhr.readyState == 4) { if (xhr.status == 200) { var data = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText); callback(data); } else { callback(null); } } } // Note that any URL fetched here must be matched by a permission in // the manifest.json file! var url = 'https://api.twitter.com/1/trends/daily.json?exclude=hashtags'; xhr.open('GET', url, true); xhr.send(); }; /** * Parses text from Twitter's API and generates a bar with trending topics at * the top of the current page * * @param data Object JSON decoded response. Null if the request failed. */ function onText(data) { // Only render the bar if the data is parsed into a format we recognize. if (data.trends) { // Create the overlay at the top of the page and fill it with data. var trends_dom = document.createElement('div'); var title_dom = document.createElement('strong'); title_dom.innerText = 'Topics currently trending on Twitter:'; trends_dom.appendChild(title_dom); for (var key in data.trends) { for (var i=0,trend; trend = data.trends[key][i]; i++) { var link_dom = document.createElement('a'); link_dom.setAttribute('href', trend.url) link_dom.innerText = trend.name; link_dom.style.color = '#000'; trends_dom.appendChild(document.createTextNode(' ')); trends_dom.appendChild(link_dom); } break; } trends_dom.style.cssText = [ 'background-color: #ffd700;', 'background-image: -webkit-repeating-linear-gradient(' + '45deg, transparent, transparent 35px,' + 'rgba(0,0,0,.1) 35px, rgba(0,0,0,.1) 70px);', 'color: #000;', 'padding: 10px;', 'font: 14px Arial;' ].join(' '); document.body.style.cssText = 'position: relative'; document.body.parentElement.insertBefore(trends_dom, document.body); } }; fetchTwitterFeed(onText);