C4LN 2012: Intro to the Twitter API

Presenter: Rick Scott - @shadowspar

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)

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

Example

http://twitter.com/inetkami https://github.com/rickscott/inetkami