Collecting tweets using Node-RED on IBM BluemixJose Arturo Mora Soto@jarturomora

What do you need?

1. An IBM Bluemix account (www.bluemix.net)2. A twitter account

Hands on Demo

Pros & Cons

Pros

1. It’s easy and fast to deploy.2. It’s (mostly) based on open-source

technology that you can replicate on your own server.

3. If the app get stuck due to the Twitter limit, it restart automatically the tweet collecting.

Cons

1. The Twitter component uses the standard Twitter API, so you will have some limits: https://support.twitter.com/articles/160385#

2. Every time I stop the app and restart it, I lose the flow.