XML feed from Twitter

var twitterXML:XML; // This holds the xml data
		
		function Main()
		{
			var myTwitterID:Number = 19526069; 
			// Fire the loadTwitterXML method, passing it the url to your Twitter info:
			loadTwitterXML("http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/19526069.xml");
			
		
		function loadTwitterXML(URL:String):void
		{
			var urlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
			// When all the junk has been pulled in from the url, we'll fire finishedLoadingXML:
			urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, finishLoadingXML);
			urlLoader.load(new URLRequest(URL));			
		}
		
		function finishLoadingXML(e:Event = null):void
		{
			// All the junk has been pulled in from the xml!  Hooray!
			// Remove the eventListener as a bit of housecleaning:
			e.target.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, finishLoadingXML);
			
			trace("LOADED");
			
			// Populate the xml object with the xml data:
			twitterXML = new XML(e.target.data);
			showTwitterStatus();
		}
		
		function showTwitterStatus():void
		{
			trace(twitterXML);
			
			// Prep the text field to hold our latest Twitter update:
			twitter_txt.wordWrap = true;
			twitter_txt.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
			
			// Populate the text field with the first element in the status.text nodes:
			twitter_txt.htmlText = twitterXML.status.text[0];
		}
    }

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