twitter-stream

A simple simulator pushing a configurable amount of text to a socket

Configuration

Variable	Description	Values
TPS	Tweets pr. second	int
REPEAT	Read the DATAFILE from the beginning when it reaches the end	true / false
CUTOFF	Stop stream after this number of Tweets	int / null
BUFFER_THRESHOLD	Minimum factor of TPS to keep in buffer	int
DATAFILE	Source file to read text from. Each line is streamed as a Tweet	string
PORT	Output port for the socket	int

Data is emitted to the socket on port PORT every second with the number TPS as a list of Tweets, collected from lines in the DATAFILE. The lines are loaded into a buffer, and the buffer size is always larger than TPS * BUFFER_THRESHOLD. If REPEAT is true, the server will continue until it reaches the CUTOFF, reading the DATAFILE again if it reaches the end. If REPEAT is false, and CUTOFF is null, the server will continue until it has read all lines in the DATAFILE.