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== API Overview ==
* https://dev.twitter.com/ is API central. ** other useful things linked therefrom: [https://dev.twitter.com/status API Status], [https://dev.twitter.com/issues API Known Issues], blog & discussion* https://dev.twitter.com/docsis the main documentation area** you'll find yourself spending a lot of time here =)
The twitter API breaks down into three main areas
* the '''REST API ('''** query→response based access)** this is what you're most likely to use * the '''Streaming API (''' ** aka ''drinking from the firehose'' =)** push-based communication w/ v.high ratelimit* the '''Search API ('''** just like it says on the tin)** also trending topics
== Find your library ==
https://dev.twitter.com/docs/twitter-libraries
* Perl: [http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-Twitter Net::Twitter]
* Python: [https://github.com/tweepy/tweepy tweepy] and many others
* Ruby: [https://github.com/jnunemaker/twitter twitter] rubygem and others
== Creating a new app ==
http://twitter.com/inetkami
https://github.com/rickscott/inetkami
== Other Miscellany ==
* [http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2012/05/a-utility-that-makes-you-master-of-the-twitterverse.php t], a Ruby command-line interface to the Twitter API