ShareCounter

This gem makes it super easy to check how many times a page/URL has been shared on social networks and aggregators.

Services currently supported:

Facebook

Twitter (not yet supported by twitter http://www.i-programmer.info/news/155-social-media/9048-twitter-switches-off-json-api-no-more-tweet-counts.html)

Linkedin

Reddit

Stumbleupon

Pinterest

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'share_counter'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install share_counter

Usage

Take all share count info from each service.

share_counter = ShareCounter.all 'www.chorally.com'

{:reddit=>0, :twitter=>47, :facebook=>{:commentsbox_count=>0, :click_count=>0, :total_count=>44, :comment_count=>12, :like_count=>19, :share_count=>13}, :linkedin=>58, :stumbleupon=>nil, :pinterest=>0}

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake rspec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/chorally/share_counter.