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Revision as of 19:42, 23 May 2012
Presenter: Rick Scott - @shadowspar
Contents
API Overview
- https://dev.twitter.com/ is API central.
- https://dev.twitter.com/docs
Parts
The twitter API breaks down into three main areas
- the REST API (query→response based access)
- the Streaming API (drinking from the firehose)
- the Search API (just like it says on the tin)
Find your library
Creating a new app
- https://dev.twitter.com/apps/new
- sign in with your twitter account
- https://dev.twitter.com/terms/api-terms
- https://support.twitter.com/articles/76915 - automation rules and best practices
Rate limits
Rules of Conduct
Repeated tweets
General TOS
Example
http://twitter.com/inetkami https://github.com/rickscott/inetkami
