Request.Twitter = new Class({

	Extends: Request.JSONP,

	options: {
		linkify: true,
		url: 'http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/{term}.json',
		data: { count: 5 }
	},

	initialize: function(term, options) {
		this.parent(options);
		this.options.url = this.options.url.substitute({ term: term });
	},

	success: function(data, script) {
		if (this.options.linkify) data.each(function(tweet) {
			tweet.text = this.linkify(tweet.text);
		}, this);

		// keep subsequent calls newer
		if (data[0]) this.options.data.since_id = data[0].id;

		this.parent(data, script);
	},

	linkify: function(text) {
		// modified from TwitterGitter by David Walsh (davidwalsh.name)
		// courtesy of Jeremy Parrish (rrish.org)
		return text.replace(/(https?:\/\/[\w\-:;?&=+.%#\/]+)/gi, '<a href="$1">$1</a>')
               .replace(/(^|\W)@(\w+)/g, '$1<a href="http://twitter.com/$2">@$2</a>')
               .replace(/(^|\W)#(\w+)/g, '$1#<a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23$2">$2</a>');
	}

});

var getFollowerCount = function(username, injectLocation) {
	var count = -1;
	var url = "http://twitter.com/followers/ids/{username}.json";

	new Request.JSONP({
		url: url.substitute({ username: username }),
		onSuccess: function(ids) { //What to do with the data
			$(injectLocation).set("text", ids.length);
		}
	}).send();
};