From 0b37998055158d4fed0e3c296d8d2a42ac77d5d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Michaels-Ober <sferik@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:13:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added a filter option to search, lets you specifiy options to
 filter by, such as 'links' (@pjdavis)

---
 lib/twitter/search.rb       | 5 +++++
 test/twitter/search_test.rb | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/twitter/search.rb b/lib/twitter/search.rb
index 7549a78a2..4fee2a549 100644
--- a/lib/twitter/search.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter/search.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ def containing(word, exclude=false)
     end
     alias :contains :containing
 
+    def filter(filter)
+      @query[:q] << "filter:#{filter}"
+      self
+    end
+
     def retweeted
       @query[:q] << "rt"
       self
diff --git a/test/twitter/search_test.rb b/test/twitter/search_test.rb
index b7ed798b7..4718512dc 100644
--- a/test/twitter/search_test.rb
+++ b/test/twitter/search_test.rb
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ class SearchTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       @search.not_retweeted.query[:q].should include('-rt')
     end
 
+    should "should be able to specify filters" do
+      @search.filter('links').query[:q].should include('filter:links')
+    end
+
     should "should be able to specify hashed" do
       @search.hashed('twitter').query[:q].should include('#twitter')
     end