Sanatise twitter posts

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<!---

Methods:
init(username,password)
postToTwitter(status,username,password)
getFriendsTimeline(username,password)
getPublicTimeline()

--->
<cfcomponent output="false">

    <cffunction name="init" access="public" output="false" returntype="any">
        <cfargument name="username" required="true" />
        <cfargument name="password" required="true" />
       
        <cfset instance = structNew() />
        <cfset instance.username =  arguments.username />
        <cfset instance.password =  arguments.password />
   
        <!--- Check that the user is authorised --->
        <cfset verifyCredentials(arguments.username, arguments.password) />   
           
        <cfreturn this />
    </cffunction>
   
   
    <!---
        ********** PUBLIC MEHTODS **********
     --->

        <!--- Update Methods --->
    <cffunction name="postToTwitter" access="public" output="false" returntype="Any">
        <cfargument name="status" required="true" />
        <cfargument name="username" default="#instance.username#" />
        <cfargument name="password" default="#instance.password#" />
       
        <cfset var cfhttp = "" />

        <!--- Check that the user is authorised --->
        <cfset verifyCredentials(arguments.username, arguments.password) />
       
        <!--- Post to twitterl --->
        <cfhttp url="http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml" method="post" username="#arguments.username#" password="#arguments.password#" useragent="twitterCFC">
            <cfhttpparam name="status" value="#arguments.status#" type="formfield" />
        </cfhttp>
       
        <!--- If the status is not OK(200) then abort and return the status header --->
        <cfif cfhttp.StatusCode NEQ "200 ok">
            <cfabort showerror="#cfhttp.StatusCode#">
        </cfif>       
       
        <!--- Return the XML only --->
        <cfreturn cfhttp.FileContent />
    </cffunction>

<!--- Get Methods --->

    <cffunction name="getFriendsTimeLine" access="public" output="false" returntype="Any">
        <cfargument name="username" default="#instance.username#" />
        <cfargument name="password" default="#instance.password#" />   
       
       
        <cfset var cfhttp = "" />
       
        <!--- Get the time line xml --->
        <cfhttp url="http://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline.xml"
         method="get"
         username="#arguments.username#"
         password="#arguments.password#"
         useragent="twitterCFC" />       
       
        <!--- If the status is not OK(200) then abort and return the status header --->
        <cfif cfhttp.StatusCode NEQ "200 ok">
            <cfabort showerror="Error in getFriendsTimeLine() :#cfhttp.StatusCode#">
        </cfif>       
       
        <!--- Return the XML only --->
        <cfreturn cfhttp.FileContent />
    </cffunction>

    <cffunction name="getPublicTimeline" access="public" output="false" returntype="Any">

        <cfset var cfhttp = "" />
       
        <!--- Get the time line --->
        <cfhttp url="http://twitter.com/statuses/public_timeline.rss"
         method="get" />       
        <!--- If the status is not OK(200) then abort and return the status header --->
        <cfif cfhttp.StatusCode NEQ "200 ok">
            <cfabort showerror="Error in getPublicTimeline() : #cfhttp.StatusCode#">
        </cfif>       
       
        <cfreturn cfhttp.FileContent />
    </cffunction>
   
   
    <!---
        ********** PRIVATE MEHTODS **********
     --->   
    <cffunction name="verifyCredentials" access="private" output="false" returntype="boolean">
        <cfargument name="username" required="true"/>
        <cfargument name="password" required="true"/>
       
        <cfset var cfhttp = "" />
       
        <!--- Post to twitterl --->
        <cfhttp url="http://twitter.com/account/verify_credentials.xml" method="get" username="#arguments.username#" password="#arguments.password#" useragent="twitterCFC" />   
       
        <!--- If the status is not OK(200) then the user is not authorised --->
        <cfif cfhttp.StatusCode NEQ "200 ok">
            <cfreturn false />
        <cfelse>
            <cfreturn true />
        </cfif>               
       
   
    </cffunction>

</cfcomponent>