User:Natasa Siencnik/workshop1

Time for Revolution

World Clock Installation

1 - Ideas

2 - Description


Inspired by both the current political struggles in North Africa and the supposed lack of public participation in Western societies, the installation of 12 clocks is monitoring the political activity in a selection of countries. Conventional world clocks are typically found in loci such as hotel lobbies or stock market halls, representing stand-alone heterotopias, yet displaying their undeniable dependencies and power relations. But instead of progressing in time simultaneously, the incoming tweets about revolution are the engine for driving the clock hand. While time is running faster in some countries, others seem to be in a static mode, providing both stability and stagnancy. Presented simultaneous and equal in their physical manifestation, some clocks indicate it is time for change in an infinite loop.

3 - Technical Flowchart



4 - Script
Python : Script 2011-02-15

#!//usr/bin/python

import urllib2, json, sys
#from apikey import apikey

#api = twitter.Api(username=username, password=password)
url = 'http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=%23revolution'
f = urllib2.urlopen(url)
data = json.load(f)
 
for r in data['results']:
#    print r['created_at'] + r['from_user'] + ' : "' + r['text'] + '"'
    sys.stdout.write r['created_at'] + r['from_user'] + ' : "' + r['text'] + '"'

Python : Script 2011-03-10

#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- coding:utf-8 -*-

import os, urllib2, json, sys, codecs

enc = codecs.getencoder("ascii")

def twittersearch(tag): 
    url = enc(u'http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=%%23%s' % tag, "xmlcharrefreplace")[0]
    print("Query-URL: " + url)
    f = urllib2.urlopen(url)
    data = json.load(f)

    out = []
 
    for entry in data['results']:
        d = {}
        for key in ('created_at', 'id', 'text', 'iso_language_code') :
            d[key] = entry[key]
        out.append(d)
 
    return out

list_of_languages = [
u"Rewolusie",
u"Revolucion",
#u"الثورة",
#u"Հեղափոխություն",
u"Inqilab",
u"Iraultza",
#u"Рэвалюцыі",
#u"Революция",
u"Revolució",
#u"革命",
u"Revolucija",
u"Revoluce",
u"Revolution",
u"Revolutie",
u"Revolutsioon",
u"Rebolusyon",
u"Vallankumous",
u"Révolution",
u"Revolución",
#u"რევოლუცია",
#u"Επανάσταση",
u"Revolisyon",
#u"מהפכה",
#u"क्रांति",
u"Forradalom",
u"Revolusi",
u"Réabhlóid",
u"Rivoluzione",
#u"革命",
#u"רעוואָלוציע",
#u"혁명",
u"Revolūcija",
u"Revoliucija",
#u"Револуција",
u"Rivoluzzjoni",
#u"انقلاب",
u"Rewolucji",
u"Revolução",
u"Revoluţie",
#u"Революции",
#u"Револуција",
u"Revolúcia",
u"Mapinduzi",
#u"การปฏิวัติ",
u"Devrim",
#u"Революції",
u"Cách mạng",
u"Chwyldro",
]
 
out = []
 
for tag in list_of_languages:
    out.extend(twittersearch(tag))

ids = []

for entry in out:
    if entry['id'] in ids:
        print('non-unique id found\n')
    else:
        ids.append(entry['id'])

    print("%(created_at)s - %(id)d : %(text)s\nIn %(iso_language_code)s" % entry)	
 
sys.exit()

Python : Script 2011-03-24

#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- coding:utf-8 -*-

import os, urllib2, json, sys, codecs, datetime

enc = codecs.getencoder("ascii")

def twittersearch(query): 
    url = enc(u'http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=%s' % query, "xmlcharrefreplace")[0]
    print("Query-URL: " + url)
    f = urllib2.urlopen(url)
    data = json.load(f)

    out = []
 
    for entry in data['results']:
        d = {}
        for key in ('created_at', 'id', 'text', 'iso_language_code') :
            d[key] = entry[key]
        out.append(d)
 
    return out

list_of_queries = [
    {"country":"Egypt","tags": ["revolution"]},
    {"country":"Libya","tags": ["revolution"]}
]
 
out = {}
 
for qd in list_of_queries:
    out[qd["country"]] = []
    for tag in qd["tags"]:
        query = u"%%23%s+%%23%s" % (tag, qd["country"])
        out[qd["country"]].extend(twittersearch(query))

for (country, entries) in out.items():
    ids = []
    print(country)
    for entry in entries:
        if entry['id'] in ids:
            print('non-unique id found\n')
        else:
            ids.append(entry['id'])

        print("%(created_at)s - %(id)d : %(text)s\nIn %(iso_language_code)s" % entry)	
     
sys.exit()

Python : Compare Date and Time

import datetime

In [4]: dt = datetime.datetime.strptime("24 Mar 2011 10:48:33", "%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S")

In [5]: dt
Out[5]: datetime.datetime(2011, 3, 24, 10, 48, 33)

In [6]: dt2 = datetime.datetime.strptime("24 Mar 2011 10:48:35", "%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S")

In [7]: dt2
Out[7]: datetime.datetime(2011, 3, 24, 10, 48, 35)

In [8]: dt2 > dt
Out[8]: True

In [9]: dt2 == dt
Out[9]: False

Python : Script 2011-03-28

#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- coding:utf-8 -*-

import os, urllib2, json, sys, codecs, datetime, MySQLdb

enc = codecs.getencoder("ascii")
search = "revolution"

def twittersearch(query): 
    url = enc(u'http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=%s' % query, "xmlcharrefreplace")[0]
    print("Query-URL: " + url)
    f = urllib2.urlopen(url)
    data = json.load(f)

    out = []
 
    for entry in data['results']:
        d = {}
        for key in ('created_at', 'id', 'text', 'iso_language_code') :
            d[key] = entry[key]
        out.append(d)
 
    return out
    
def getDateTime(timestring):
    #return datetime suitable for mysql
    return 0

conn = MySQLdb.connect (host = "localhost", user = "natasa", passwd = "********", db = "revolution")

list_of_queries = [
    {"country":"Egypt","tags": [search]},
    {"country":"Libya","tags": [search]}
]

out = {}
 
for qd in list_of_queries:
    out[qd["country"]] = []
    for tag in qd["tags"]:
        query = u"%%23%s+%%23%s" % (tag, qd["country"])
        out[qd["country"]].extend(twittersearch(query))

for (country, entries) in out.items():
    ids = []
    print(country)
    for entry in entries:
        if entry['id'] in ids:
            print('non-unique id found\n')
        else:
            ids.append(entry['id'])

        print("%(created_at)s - %(id)d : %(text)s\nIn %(iso_language_code)s" % entry)
        
        time = 0;#getDateTime(created_at)
        
        try: 
            query = "insert into tweets (tweet_id, tweet_time, tweet_search, tweet_text) values('%s', %d, '%s', '%s')" % (entry['id'], time, search, entry['text'])
            print('query %s' % query)
            cursor = conn.cursor ()
            cursor.execute (query)
            #update tags/tweet table
            #update current time country
        
        except ValueError: 
            print "tweet already in database"
        
conn.close()     
sys.exit()

4 - Languages
Link: http://www.explore2india.com/worldcapital.htm Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_capitals_in_native_languages

Afriaans: Rewolusie Albanian: Revolucion Arabic: الثورة Armenian: Հեղափոխություն Azerbaijjani: Inqilab Basque: Iraultza Belarusian: Рэвалюцыі Bulgarian: Революция Catalan: Revolució Chinese: 革命 Croatian: Revolucija Czech: Revoluce Danish: Revolution Dutch: Revolutie English: Revolution Estonian: Revolutsioon Filipino: Rebolusyon Finnish: Vallankumous French: Révolution Galician: Revolución Georgian: რევოლუცია German: Revolution GreeK: Επανάσταση Haitian: Revolisyon Hebrew: מהפכה Hindi: क्रांति Hungarian: Forradalom Icelanding: Revolution Indonasian: Revolusi Irish: Réabhlóid Italian: Rivoluzione Japanese: 革命 Jiddish: רעוואָלוציע Korean: 혁명 Latvian: Revolūcija Lithuanian: Revoliucija Macedonian: Револуција Malay: Revolusi Maltese: Rivoluzzjoni Norvegian: Revolution Persian: انقلاب Polish: Rewolucji Portuguese: Revolução Romanian: Revoluţie Russian: Революции Serbian: Револуција Slovak: Revolúcia Slovenian: Revolucija Spanish: Revolución Swahili: Mapinduzi Swedish: Revolution Tagalog: Rebolusyon Thai: การปฏิวัติ Turkish: Devrim Ukrainian: Революції Urdu: انقلاب Vietnamese: Cách mạng Welsh: Chwyldro

5 - List of Countries
LY - Libya - Tripoli
EG - Egypt - Cairo
IQ - Iraq - Baghdad
RU - Russia - Moskow
JP - Japan - Tokyo
IN - India - New Delhi
CN - China - Beijing
KP - North Korea - Pyongyang
IL - Israel - Jerusalem
US - United States - New York
UK - United Kingdom - London
NL - Netherlands - Amsterdam

5 - Outcome
| 52403985604296705 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | revolution
Text #Freedom #Revolution Freedom Revolution Freedom Revolution Freedom Revolution Freedom Revolution #Syria #Egypt #China #Iran #NorthKorea

6 - Tasks
timestamp that SQL understands
create SQL table "countries"
create SQL table "tweets/countries"
analyse text > look for query > write in table "tweets/country" > update time in table "country"

7 - Questions
How can I implement a time stamp and check for doubles?
What kind of program do I need to run this on a server?

Thanks to Stock for the technical super-support and Stefan Weber for his helpful input and feedback. :)