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();
};