TimelineJS/source/js/VMM.Timeline.DataObj.js

/*	VMM.Timeline.DataObj.js
    TIMELINE SOURCE DATA PROCESSOR
================================================== */

if (typeof VMM.Timeline !== 'undefined' && typeof VMM.Timeline.DataObj == 'undefined') {
	VMM.Timeline.DataObj = {
		data_obj: {},
		model_array: [],
		getData: function (raw_data) {
			VMM.Timeline.DataObj.data_obj = {};
			VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.messege, VMM.Timeline.Config.language.messages.loading_timeline);
			if (type.of(raw_data) == "object") {
				trace("DATA SOURCE: JSON OBJECT");
				VMM.Timeline.DataObj.parseJSON(raw_data);
			} else if (type.of(raw_data) == "string") {
				if (raw_data.match("%23")) {
					trace("DATA SOURCE: TWITTER SEARCH");
					VMM.Timeline.DataObj.model.tweets.getData("%23medill");
				} else if (	raw_data.match("spreadsheet") ) {
					trace("DATA SOURCE: GOOGLE SPREADSHEET");
					VMM.Timeline.DataObj.model.googlespreadsheet.getData(raw_data);
				} else if (raw_data.match("storify.com")) {
					trace("DATA SOURCE: STORIFY");
					VMM.Timeline.DataObj.model.storify.getData(raw_data);
					//http://api.storify.com/v1/stories/number10gov/g8-and-nato-chicago-summit
				} else if (raw_data.match("\.jsonp")) {
					trace("DATA SOURCE: JSONP");
					LoadLib.js(raw_data, VMM.Timeline.DataObj.onJSONPLoaded);
				} else {
					trace("DATA SOURCE: JSON");
					var req = "";
					if (raw_data.indexOf("?") > -1) {
						req = raw_data + "&callback=onJSONP_Data";
					} else {
						req = raw_data + "?callback=onJSONP_Data";
					}
					VMM.getJSON(req, VMM.Timeline.DataObj.parseJSON);
				}
			} else if (type.of(raw_data) == "html") {
				trace("DATA SOURCE: HTML");
				VMM.Timeline.DataObj.parseHTML(raw_data);
			} else {
				trace("DATA SOURCE: UNKNOWN");
			}
			
		},
		
		onJSONPLoaded: function() {
			trace("JSONP IS LOADED");
			VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.data_ready, storyjs_jsonp_data);
		},
		
		parseHTML: function (d) {
			trace("parseHTML");
			trace("WARNING: THIS IS STILL ALPHA AND WILL NOT WORK WITH ID's other than #timeline");
			var _data_obj = VMM.Timeline.DataObj.data_template_obj;
			
			/*	Timeline start slide
			================================================== */
			if (VMM.Lib.find("#timeline section", "time")[0]) {
				_data_obj.timeline.startDate = VMM.Lib.html(VMM.Lib.find("#timeline section", "time")[0]);
				_data_obj.timeline.headline = VMM.Lib.html(VMM.Lib.find("#timeline section", "h2"));
				_data_obj.timeline.text = VMM.Lib.html(VMM.Lib.find("#timeline section", "article"));
				
				var found_main_media = false;
				
				if (VMM.Lib.find("#timeline section", "figure img").length != 0) {
					found_main_media = true;
					_data_obj.timeline.asset.media = VMM.Lib.attr(VMM.Lib.find("#timeline section", "figure img"), "src");
				} else if (VMM.Lib.find("#timeline section", "figure a").length != 0) {
					found_main_media = true;
					_data_obj.timeline.asset.media = VMM.Lib.attr(VMM.Lib.find("#timeline section", "figure a"), "href");
				} else {
					//trace("NOT FOUND");
				}

				if (found_main_media) {
					if (VMM.Lib.find("#timeline section", "cite").length != 0) {
						_data_obj.timeline.asset.credit = VMM.Lib.html(VMM.Lib.find("#timeline section", "cite"));
					}
					if (VMM.Lib.find(this, "figcaption").length != 0) {
						_data_obj.timeline.asset.caption = VMM.Lib.html(VMM.Lib.find("#timeline section", "figcaption"));
					}
				}
			}
			
			/*	Timeline Date Slides
			================================================== */
			VMM.Lib.each("#timeline li", function(i, elem){
				
				var valid_date = false;
				
				var _date = {
					"type":"default",
					"startDate":"",
		            "headline":"",
		            "text":"",
		            "asset":
		            {
		                "media":"",
		                "credit":"",
		                "caption":""
		            },
		            "tags":"Optional"
				};
				
				if (VMM.Lib.find(this, "time") != 0) {
					
					valid_date = true;
					
					_date.startDate = VMM.Lib.html(VMM.Lib.find(this, "time")[0]);

					if (VMM.Lib.find(this, "time")[1]) {
						_date.endDate = VMM.Lib.html(VMM.Lib.find(this, "time")[1]);
					}

					_date.headline = VMM.Lib.html(VMM.Lib.find(this, "h3"));

					_date.text = VMM.Lib.html(VMM.Lib.find(this, "article"));

					var found_media = false;
					if (VMM.Lib.find(this, "figure img").length != 0) {
						found_media = true;
						_date.asset.media = VMM.Lib.attr(VMM.Lib.find(this, "figure img"), "src");
					} else if (VMM.Lib.find(this, "figure a").length != 0) {
						found_media = true;
						_date.asset.media = VMM.Lib.attr(VMM.Lib.find(this, "figure a"), "href");
					} else {
						//trace("NOT FOUND");
					}

					if (found_media) {
						if (VMM.Lib.find(this, "cite").length != 0) {
							_date.asset.credit = VMM.Lib.html(VMM.Lib.find(this, "cite"));
						}
						if (VMM.Lib.find(this, "figcaption").length != 0) {
							_date.asset.caption = VMM.Lib.html(VMM.Lib.find(this, "figcaption"));
						}
					}
					
					trace(_date);
					_data_obj.timeline.date.push(_date);
					
				}
				
			});
			
			VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.data_ready, _data_obj);
			
		},
		
		parseJSON: function(d) {
			trace("parseJSON");
			if (d.timeline.type == "default") {
				trace("DATA SOURCE: JSON STANDARD TIMELINE");
				VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.data_ready, d);
			} else if (d.timeline.type == "twitter") {
				trace("DATA SOURCE: JSON TWEETS");
				VMM.Timeline.DataObj.model_Tweets.buildData(d);
				
			} else {
				trace("DATA SOURCE: UNKNOWN JSON");
				trace(type.of(d.timeline));
			};
		},
		
		/*	MODEL OBJECTS 
			New Types of Data can be formatted for the timeline here
		================================================== */
		
		model: {
			
			googlespreadsheet: {
				
				getData: function(raw) {
					var getjsondata, key, worksheet, url, timeout, tries = 0;
					
					key	= VMM.Util.getUrlVars(raw)["key"];
					worksheet = VMM.Util.getUrlVars(raw)["worksheet"];
					if (typeof worksheet == "undefined") worksheet = "od6";
					
					url	= "https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/" + key + "/" + worksheet + "/public/values?alt=json";
					
					timeout = setTimeout(function() {
						trace("Google Docs timeout " + url);
						trace(url);
						if (tries < 3) {
							VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.messege, "Still waiting on Google Docs, trying again " + tries);
							tries ++;
							getjsondata.abort()
							requestJsonData();
						} else {
							VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.messege, "Google Docs is not responding");
						}
					}, 16000);
					
					function requestJsonData() {
						getjsondata = VMM.getJSON(url, function(d) {
							clearTimeout(timeout);
							VMM.Timeline.DataObj.model.googlespreadsheet.buildData(d);
						})
							.error(function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
								trace("Google Docs ERROR");
								trace("Google Docs ERROR: " + textStatus + " " + jqXHR.responseText);
							})
							.success(function(d) {
								clearTimeout(timeout);
							});
					}
					
					requestJsonData();
				},
				
				buildData: function(d) {
					var data_obj	= VMM.Timeline.DataObj.data_template_obj,
						is_valid	= false;
					
					VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.messege, "Parsing Google Doc Data");

					function getGVar(v) {
						if (typeof v != 'undefined') {
							return v.$t;
						} else {
							return "";
						}
					}
					if (typeof d.feed.entry == 'undefined') {
						VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.messege, "Error parsing spreadsheet. Make sure you have no blank rows and that the headers have not been changed.");
					} else {
						is_valid = true;
						
						for(var i = 0; i < d.feed.entry.length; i++) {
							var dd		= d.feed.entry[i],
								dd_type	= "";
						
							if (typeof dd.gsx$type != 'undefined') {
								dd_type = dd.gsx$type.$t;
							} else if (typeof dd.gsx$titleslide != 'undefined') {
								dd_type = dd.gsx$titleslide.$t;
							}
						
							if (dd_type.match("start") || dd_type.match("title") ) {
								data_obj.timeline.startDate		= getGVar(dd.gsx$startdate);
								data_obj.timeline.headline		= getGVar(dd.gsx$headline);
								data_obj.timeline.asset.media	= getGVar(dd.gsx$media);
								data_obj.timeline.asset.caption	= getGVar(dd.gsx$mediacaption);
								data_obj.timeline.asset.credit	= getGVar(dd.gsx$mediacredit);
								data_obj.timeline.text			= getGVar(dd.gsx$text);
								data_obj.timeline.type			= "google spreadsheet";
							} else if (dd_type.match("era")) {
								var era = {
									startDate:		getGVar(dd.gsx$startdate),
									endDate:		getGVar(dd.gsx$enddate),
									headline:		getGVar(dd.gsx$headline),
									text:			getGVar(dd.gsx$text),
									tag:			getGVar(dd.gsx$tag)
								}
								data_obj.timeline.era.push(era);
							} else {
								var date = {
										type:			"google spreadsheet",
										startDate:		getGVar(dd.gsx$startdate),
										endDate:		getGVar(dd.gsx$enddate),
										headline:		getGVar(dd.gsx$headline),
										text:			getGVar(dd.gsx$text),
										tag:			getGVar(dd.gsx$tag),
										asset: {
											media:		getGVar(dd.gsx$media),
											credit:		getGVar(dd.gsx$mediacredit),
											caption:	getGVar(dd.gsx$mediacaption),
											thumbnail:	getGVar(dd.gsx$mediathumbnail)
										}
								};
							
								data_obj.timeline.date.push(date);
							}
						};
						
					}
					
					
					if (is_valid) {
						VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.messege, "Finished Parsing Data");
						VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.data_ready, data_obj);
					} else {
						VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.messege, VMM.Language.messages.loading + " Google Doc Data (cells)");
						trace("There may be too many entries. Still trying to load data. Now trying to load cells to avoid Googles limitation on cells");
						VMM.Timeline.DataObj.model.googlespreadsheet.getDataCells(d.feed.link[0].href);
					}
				},
				
				getDataCells: function(raw) {
					var getjsondata, key, url, timeout, tries = 0;
					
					key	= VMM.Util.getUrlVars(raw)["key"];
					url	= "https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/" + key + "/od6/public/values?alt=json";
					
					timeout = setTimeout(function() {
						trace("Google Docs timeout " + url);
						trace(url);
						if (tries < 3) {
							VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.messege, "Still waiting on Google Docs, trying again " + tries);
							tries ++;
							getjsondata.abort()
							requestJsonData();
						} else {
							VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.messege, "Google Docs is not responding");
						}
					}, 16000);
					
					function requestJsonData() {
						getjsondata = VMM.getJSON(url, function(d) {
							clearTimeout(timeout);
							VMM.Timeline.DataObj.model.googlespreadsheet.buildDataCells(d);
						})
							.error(function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
								trace("Google Docs ERROR");
								trace("Google Docs ERROR: " + textStatus + " " + jqXHR.responseText);
							})
							.success(function(d) {
								clearTimeout(timeout);
							});
					}
					
					requestJsonData();
				},
				
				buildDataCells: function(d) {
					var data_obj	= VMM.Timeline.DataObj.data_template_obj,
						is_valid	= false,
						cellnames	= ["timeline"],
						list 		= [],
						max_row		= 0,
						i			= 0,
						k			= 0;
					
					VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.messege, VMM.Language.messages.loading_timeline + " Parsing Google Doc Data (cells)");

					function getGVar(v) {
						if (typeof v != 'undefined') {
							return v.$t;
						} else {
							return "";
						}
					}
					
					if (typeof d.feed.entry != 'undefined') {
						is_valid = true;
						
						// DETERMINE NUMBER OF ROWS
						for(i = 0; i < d.feed.entry.length; i++) {
							var dd				= d.feed.entry[i];
							
							if (parseInt(dd.gs$cell.row) > max_row) {
								max_row = parseInt(dd.gs$cell.row);
							}
						}
						
						// CREATE OBJECT FOR EACH ROW
						for(var i = 0; i < max_row + 1; i++) {
							var date = {
								type:			"",
								startDate:		"",
								endDate:		"",
								headline:		"",
								text:			"",
								tag:			"",
								asset: {
									media:		"",
									credit:		"",
									caption:	"",
									thumbnail:	""
								}
							};
							list.push(date);
						}
						
						// PREP GOOGLE DOC CELL DATA TO EVALUATE
						for(i = 0; i < d.feed.entry.length; i++) {
							var dd				= d.feed.entry[i],
								dd_type			= "",
								column_name		= "",
								cell = {
									content: 	getGVar(dd.gs$cell),
									col: 		dd.gs$cell.col,
									row: 		dd.gs$cell.row,
									name: 		""
								};
								
							//trace(cell);
							
							if (cell.row == 1) {
								if (cell.content == "Start Date") {
									column_name = "startDate";
								} else if (cell.content == "End Date") {
									column_name = "endDate";
								} else if (cell.content == "Headline") {
									column_name = "headline";
								} else if (cell.content == "Text") {
									column_name = "text";
								} else if (cell.content == "Media") {
									column_name = "media";
								} else if (cell.content == "Media Credit") {
									column_name = "credit";
								} else if (cell.content == "Media Caption") {
									column_name = "caption";
								} else if (cell.content == "Media Thumbnail") {
									column_name = "thumbnail";
								} else if (cell.content == "Type") {
									column_name = "type";
								} else if (cell.content == "Tag") {
									column_name = "tag";
								}
								
								cellnames.push(column_name);
								
							} else {
								cell.name = cellnames[cell.col];
								list[cell.row][cell.name] = cell.content;
							}
							
						};
						

						for(i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
							var date	= list[i];
							if (date.type.match("start") || date.type.match("title") ) {
								data_obj.timeline.startDate		= date.startDate;
								data_obj.timeline.headline		= date.headline;
								data_obj.timeline.asset.media	= date.media;
								data_obj.timeline.asset.caption	= date.caption;
								data_obj.timeline.asset.credit	= date.credit;
								data_obj.timeline.text			= date.text;
								data_obj.timeline.type			= "google spreadsheet";
							} else if (date.type.match("era")) {
								var era = {
									startDate:		date.startDate,
									endDate:		date.endDate,
									headline:		date.headline,
									text:			date.text,
									tag:			date.tag
								}
								data_obj.timeline.era.push(era);
							} else {
								if (date.startDate) {

									var date = {
											type:			"google spreadsheet",
											startDate:		date.startDate,
											endDate:		date.endDate,
											headline:		date.headline,
											text:			date.text,
											tag:			date.tag,
											asset: {
												media:		date.media,
												credit:		date.credit,
												caption:	date.caption,
												thumbnail:	date.thumbnail
											}
									};
								
									data_obj.timeline.date.push(date);

								} else {
									trace("Skipping item " + i + " in list: no start date.")
								}
							}
							
						}
						
					}
					is_valid = data_obj.timeline.date.length > 0;
					if (is_valid) {
						VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.messege, "Finished Parsing Data");
						VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.data_ready, data_obj);
					} else {
						VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.messege, "Unable to load Google Doc data source. Make sure you have no blank rows and that the headers have not been changed.");
					}
				}
				
			},
			
			storify: {
				
				getData: function(raw) {
					var key, url, storify_timeout;
					//http://storify.com/number10gov/g8-and-nato-chicago-summit
					//http://api.storify.com/v1/stories/number10gov/g8-and-nato-chicago-summit
					
					VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.messege, "Loading Storify...");
					
					key	= raw.split("storify.com\/")[1];
					url	= "//api.storify.com/v1/stories/" + key + "?per_page=300&callback=?";
					
					storify_timeout = setTimeout(function() {
						trace("STORIFY timeout");
						VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.messege, "Storify is not responding");
					}, 6000);
					
					VMM.getJSON(url, VMM.Timeline.DataObj.model.storify.buildData)
						.error(function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
							trace("STORIFY error");
							trace("STORIFY ERROR: " + textStatus + " " + jqXHR.responseText);
						})
						.success(function(d) {
							clearTimeout(storify_timeout);
						});
					
				},
				
				buildData: function(d) {
					VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.messege, "Parsing Data");
					var _data_obj = VMM.Timeline.DataObj.data_template_obj;
					
					_data_obj.timeline.startDate	= 	new Date(d.content.date.created);;
					_data_obj.timeline.headline		= 	d.content.title;
					
					trace(d);
					//d.permalink
					var tt			=	"";
					var t_name		=	d.content.author.username;
					var t_nickname	=	"";
					if (typeof d.content.author.name != 'undefined') {
						t_name		=	d.content.author.name;
						t_nickname	=	d.content.author.username + "&nbsp;";
					}
					if (typeof d.content.description != 'undefined' && d.content.description != null) {
						tt			+=	d.content.description;
					}
					
					tt				+=	"<div class='storify'>"
					//tt				 += " <a href='" + d.content.permalink + "' target='_blank' alt='link to original story' title='link to original story'>" + "<span class='created-at'></span>" + " </a>";
					
					tt				+=	"<div class='vcard author'><a class='screen-name url' href='" + d.content.author.permalink + "' target='_blank'>";
					
					tt				+=	"<span class='avatar'><img src='" + d.content.author.avatar + "' style='max-width: 32px; max-height: 32px;'></span>"
					tt				+=	"<span class='fn'>" + t_name + "</span>";
					tt				+=	"<span class='nickname'>" + t_nickname + "<span class='thumbnail-inline'></span></span>";
					tt				+=	"</a>";
					//tt				+=	"<span class='nickname'>" + d.content.author.stats.stories + " Stories</span>";
					//tt				+=	"<span class='nickname'>" + d.content.author.stats.subscribers + " Subscribers</span>";
					tt				+=	"</div>"
					tt				+=	"</div>";
					
					_data_obj.timeline.text = tt;
					_data_obj.timeline.asset.media = d.content.thumbnail;
					
					//_data_obj.timeline.asset.media = 		dd.gsx$media.$t;
					//_data_obj.timeline.asset.caption = 		dd.gsx$mediacaption.$t;
					//_data_obj.timeline.asset.credit = 		dd.gsx$mediacredit.$t;
					_data_obj.timeline.type = 				"storify";
					
					for(var i = 0; i < d.content.elements.length; i++) {
						var dd = d.content.elements[i];
						var is_text = false;
						var d_date = new Date(dd.posted_at);
						//trace(tempdat);
						trace(dd.type);
						//trace(dd);
						var _date = {
							"type": 		"storify",
							"startDate": 	dd.posted_at,
							"endDate": 		dd.posted_at,
				            "headline": 	" ",
							"slug": 		"", 
				            "text": 		"",
				            "asset": {
								"media": 	"", 
								"credit": 	"", 
								"caption": 	"" 
							}
						};
						
						/*	MEDIA
						================================================== */
						if (dd.type == "image") {
							
							if (typeof dd.source.name != 'undefined') {
								if (dd.source.name == "flickr") {
									_date.asset.media		=	"//flickr.com/photos/" + dd.meta.pathalias + "/" + dd.meta.id + "/";
									_date.asset.credit		=	"<a href='" + _date.asset.media + "'>" + dd.attribution.name + "</a>";
									_date.asset.credit		+=	" on <a href='" + dd.source.href + "'>" + dd.source.name + "</a>";
								} else if (dd.source.name	==	"instagram") {
									_date.asset.media		=	dd.permalink;
									_date.asset.credit		=	"<a href='" + dd.permalink + "'>" + dd.attribution.name + "</a>";
									_date.asset.credit		+=	" on <a href='" + dd.source.href + "'>" + dd.source.name + "</a>";
								} else {
									_date.asset.credit		=	"<a href='" + dd.permalink + "'>" + dd.attribution.name + "</a>";
									
									if (typeof dd.source.href != 'undefined') {
										_date.asset.credit	+=	" on <a href='" + dd.source.href + "'>" + dd.source.name + "</a>";
									}
									
									_date.asset.media		=	dd.data.image.src;
								}
							} else {
								_date.asset.credit			=	"<a href='" + dd.permalink + "'>" + dd.attribution.name + "</a>";
								_date.asset.media			=	dd.data.image.src;
							}
							
							_date.slug	 					=	dd.attribution.name;
							if (typeof dd.data.image.caption != 'undefined') {
								if (dd.data.image.caption != 'undefined') {
									_date.asset.caption				=	dd.data.image.caption;
									_date.slug	 					=	dd.data.image.caption;
								}
							}
							
						} else if (dd.type == "quote") {
							if (dd.permalink.match("twitter")) {
								_date.asset.media	=	dd.permalink; 
								_date.slug = VMM.Util.untagify(dd.data.quote.text);
							} else if (dd.permalink.match("storify")) {
								is_text = true;
								_date.asset.media	=	"<blockquote>" + dd.data.quote.text.replace(/<\s*\/?\s*b\s*.*?>/g,"") + "</blockquote>";
							}
						} else if (dd.type == "link") {
							_date.headline		=	dd.data.link.title;
							_date.text			=	dd.data.link.description;
							if (dd.data.link.thumbnail != 'undefined' && dd.data.link.thumbnail != '') {
								_date.asset.media	=	dd.data.link.thumbnail;
							} else {
								_date.asset.media	=	dd.permalink;
							}
							//_date.asset.media	=	dd.permalink;
							_date.asset.caption	=	"<a href='" + dd.permalink + "' target='_blank'>" + dd.data.link.title + "</a>"
							_date.slug			=	dd.data.link.title;
							
						} else if (dd.type == "text") {
							if (dd.permalink.match("storify")) {
								is_text = true;
								var d_name		=	d.content.author.username;
								var d_nickname	=	"";
								if (typeof dd.attribution.name != 'undefined') {
									t_name		=	dd.attribution.name;
									t_nickname	=	dd.attribution.username + "&nbsp;";
								}
								
								var asset_text	=	"<div class='storify'>"
								asset_text		+=	"<blockquote><p>" + dd.data.text.replace(/<\s*\/?\s*b\s*.*?>/g,"") + "</p></blockquote>";
								//asset_text		+=	" <a href='" + dd.attribution.href + "' target='_blank' alt='link to author' title='link to author'>" + "<span class='created-at'></span>" + " </a>";

								asset_text		+=	"<div class='vcard author'><a class='screen-name url' href='" + dd.attribution.href + "' target='_blank'>";
								asset_text		+=	"<span class='avatar'><img src='" + dd.attribution.thumbnail + "' style='max-width: 32px; max-height: 32px;'></span>"
								asset_text		+=	"<span class='fn'>" + t_name + "</span>";
								asset_text		+=	"<span class='nickname'>" + t_nickname + "<span class='thumbnail-inline'></span></span>";
								asset_text		+=	"</a></div></div>";
								_date.text		=	asset_text;
								
								// Try and put it before the element where it is expected on storify
								if ( (i+1) >= d.content.elements.length ) {
									_date.startDate = d.content.elements[i-1].posted_at;
									
								} else {
									if (d.content.elements[i+1].type == "text" && d.content.elements[i+1].permalink.match("storify")) {
										if ( (i+2) >= d.content.elements.length ) {
											_date.startDate = d.content.elements[i-1].posted_at;
										} else {
											if (d.content.elements[i+2].type == "text" && d.content.elements[i+2].permalink.match("storify")) {
												if ( (i+3) >= d.content.elements.length ) {
													_date.startDate = d.content.elements[i-1].posted_at;
												} else {
													if (d.content.elements[i+3].type == "text" && d.content.elements[i+3].permalink.match("storify")) {
														_date.startDate = d.content.elements[i-1].posted_at;
													} else {
														trace("LEVEL 3");
														_date.startDate = d.content.elements[i+3].posted_at;
													}
												}
											} else {
												trace("LEVEL 2");
												_date.startDate = d.content.elements[i+2].posted_at;
											}
										}
									} else {
										trace("LEVEL 1");
										_date.startDate = d.content.elements[i+1].posted_at;
									}
									
								}
								_date.endDate = _date.startDate
							}
							
							
						} else if (dd.type == "video") {
							_date.headline		=	dd.data.video.title;
							_date.asset.caption	=	dd.data.video.description;
							_date.asset.caption	=	dd.source.username;
							_date.asset.media	=	dd.data.video.src;
						} else {
							trace("NO MATCH ");
							trace(dd);
						}
						
						if (is_text) {
							_date.slug = VMM.Util.untagify(dd.data.text);
						}
						
						_data_obj.timeline.date.push(_date);
						
						
					};
				
					VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.data_ready, _data_obj);
				}
				
			},
			
			tweets: {
				
				type: "twitter",
			
				buildData: function(raw_data) {
					VMM.bindEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.DataObj.model.tweets.onTwitterDataReady, "TWEETSLOADED");
					VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.getTweets(raw_data.timeline.tweets);
				},
			
				getData: function(raw_data) {
					VMM.bindEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.DataObj.model.tweets.onTwitterDataReady, "TWEETSLOADED");
					VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.getTweetSearch(raw_data);
				},
			
				onTwitterDataReady: function(e, d) {
					var _data_obj = VMM.Timeline.DataObj.data_template_obj;

					for(var i = 0; i < d.tweetdata.length; i++) {

						var _date = {
							"type":"tweets",
							"startDate":"",
				            "headline":"",
				            "text":"",
				            "asset":
				            {
				                "media":"",
				                "credit":"",
				                "caption":""
				            },
				            "tags":"Optional"
						};
						// pass in the 'created_at' string returned from twitter //
						// stamp arrives formatted as Tue Apr 07 22:52:51 +0000 2009 //
					
						//var twit_date = VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.parseTwitterDate(d.tweetdata[i].raw.created_at);
						//trace(twit_date);
					
						_date.startDate = d.tweetdata[i].raw.created_at;
					
						if (type.of(d.tweetdata[i].raw.from_user_name)) {
							_date.headline = d.tweetdata[i].raw.from_user_name + " (<a href='https://twitter.com/" + d.tweetdata[i].raw.from_user + "'>" + "@" + d.tweetdata[i].raw.from_user + "</a>)" ;						
						} else {
							_date.headline = d.tweetdata[i].raw.user.name + " (<a href='https://twitter.com/" + d.tweetdata[i].raw.user.screen_name + "'>" + "@" + d.tweetdata[i].raw.user.screen_name + "</a>)" ;
						}
					
						_date.asset.media = d.tweetdata[i].content;
						_data_obj.timeline.date.push(_date);
					
					};
				
					VMM.fireEvent(global, VMM.Timeline.Config.events.data_ready, _data_obj);
				}
				
			}
		},
		
		
		/*	TEMPLATE OBJECTS
		================================================== */
		data_template_obj: {  "timeline": { "headline":"", "description":"", "asset": { "media":"", "credit":"", "caption":"" }, "date": [], "era":[] } },
		date_obj: {"startDate":"2012,2,2,11,30", "headline":"", "text":"", "asset": {"media":"http://youtu.be/vjVfu8-Wp6s", "credit":"", "caption":"" }, "tags":"Optional"}
	
	};
	
}