sixohsix/twitter — pull request #77 by blob79 (2012-07-31 16:59:15+00:00)
Title: Follow redirected URLs in tweets

I’ve added the feature to follow redirects of tweeted urls. The goal is to have readable urls in the tweet archive (replacing shortened urls).

You can run it with “twitter-archiver -f ThomasAJung” to follow all links or “twitter-archiver -r bit.ly,t.co,goo.gl ThomasAJung” to follow the links for selected hosts.

The output changes from:
228771182638419968 2012-07-27 10:37:54 CEST Believe it or not there are people who see interop as a bad thing. It interferes with their business model, ... http://t.co/AhAg41x9

to:
228771182638419968 2012-07-27 10:37:54 CEST Believe it or not there are people who see interop as a bad thing. It interferes with their business model, ... http://scripting.com/stories/2012/07/26/oauth1IsFine.html