C4LN 2012: Intro to the Twitter API

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Presenter: Rick Scott - @shadowspar

API Overview


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


Rate limits

Rules of Conduct

Repeated tweets

General TOS

Example

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