Twitter DJ Name

[Katazui]

Is there a way to show "Katazui is now playing Song by Artist. #turntable tt.fm/blahblahblah". Show the DJ name too in the tweet.

[TerrordactylDesigns]

There is. I left it out to ensure staying under 140 characters. I will get you the code for it though. I am on vacation until Monday, so please be aware it will be a few days for me to get a chance to get the code for you.

[Katazui]

Oh, have fun!

But, isn't there like a Variable for the DJ name, Song, and artist already? But, I looked everywhere but can't find it.

[TerrordactylDesigns]

I'm using the song start/new song events variables in there. Check the API notes on that event and you should see it in the new song object.

[Katazui]

We have the

data.metadata.current_song.metadata.song data.metadata.current_song.metadata.artist

But I want Dj Name., but it doesn't seem to work data.metadata.current_song.metadata.djname

[TerrordactylDesigns]

OK, just took a peek at the API page.

data.current_dj will return the user ID of the current DJ. you will then have to compare that against the user list object to pull the DJs name.

so theUsersList[data.current_dj].name should return the user name.

[Katazui]

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I'll take a "peek" at the page. Thanks for your help.

[Katazui]

Okay, it still didn't work.

I'm trying to add these variables to another bot, and this crash when the event triggers. So, what can be the problem? data.metadata.current_song.metadata.song data.metadata.current_song.metadata.artist

[TerrordactylDesigns]

I'll be back home sometime monday afternoon, and I'll get the code snippet for you.

[TerrordactylDesigns]

OK, first off you need this code: //user theUsersList code from https://github.com/alaingilbert/Turntable-API/blob/master/examples/users_list.js var theUsersList = {};

bot.on('roomChanged', function (data) { // Reset the users list theUsersList = { };

var users = data.users; for (var i=0; i<users.length; i++) { var user = users[i]; theUsersList[user.userid] = user; console.log('added ' + user + ' to theUsersList'); } });

bot.on('registered', function (data) { var user = data.user[0]; theUsersList[user.userid] = user; });

bot.on('deregistered', function (data) { var user = data.user[0]; delete theUsersList[user.userid]; });

this code stores all the friendly users name (as well as all the other data, but you just need the name)

then in the tweeting code you will use theUsersList[data.current_dj].name in order to pull the DJs name.

This is because we use the new_song event which only returns the users ID under data.current_dj and we need to compare to the object to return the users name.

[Katazui]

So, what about the Song Name and Song Artist? Those 2 variables doesn't work for me.

[TerrordactylDesigns]

Just verified it all from my bot:

var twitter = require('ntwitter'); bot.on('newsong', function (data){ if (ROOMID == '4f4d8e8aa3f7517d700009c5') { // Tweet the new song from the @TerrorBot account. Give the DJ name, the song, and #turntablefm hashtag var twit = new twitter({ consumer_key: 'xxxxxxxxxx', consumer_secret: 'xxxxxxxxx', access_token_key: 'xxxxxxxxxxxx-xxx', access_token_secret: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' }); try { bot.roomInfo(true, function(data) { var currSong = data.room.metadata.current_song.metadata.song; var currArtist = data.room.metadata.current_song.metadata.artist; var currDJ = theUsersList[data.room.metadata.current_dj].name; twit .verifyCredentials(function (err, data) { console.log(data); }) .updateStatus(currDJ + ' is now playing! ' + currSong + ' by: ' + currArtist + ' #turntablefm http://turntable.fm/while_icode_dropbeatz_infinite_muzik' , function (err, data) { console.log(data); } ); }); } catch (err) { bot.speak(err.toString()); } } });

with the results of:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/51430720/Photo%20Jun%2012%2C%205%2007%2006%20PM.png

Works perfect as long as you are also using the userslist object (or could be pulled from a database).

[Katazui]

Oh, yay, cool. I didn't know why the same exact code wasn't working for me. Thanks.