Wrapper package for Twit. (no longer maintained)
Twitter API Client (REST and Streaming).
meteor add schiller:twit
On the server
var T = new Twit({
consumer_key: '...'
, consumer_secret: '...'
, access_token: '...'
, access_token_secret: '...'
})
//
// tweet 'hello world!'
//
T.post('statuses/update', { status: 'hello world!' }, function(err, data, response) {
console.log(data)
})
//
// search twitter for all tweets containing the word 'banana' since Nov. 11, 2011
//
T.get('search/tweets', { q: 'banana since:2011-11-11', count: 100 }, function(err, data, response) {
console.log(data)
})
//
// get the list of user id's that follow @tolga_tezel
//
T.get('followers/ids', { screen_name: 'tolga_tezel' }, function (err, data, response) {
console.log(data)
})
//
// retweet a tweet with id '343360866131001345'
//
T.post('statuses/retweet/:id', { id: '343360866131001345' }, function (err, data, response) {
console.log(data)
})
//
// destroy a tweet with id '343360866131001345'
//
T.post('statuses/destroy/:id', { id: '343360866131001345' }, function (err, data, response) {
console.log(data)
})
//
// get `funny` twitter users
//
T.get('users/suggestions/:slug', { slug: 'funny' }, function (err, data, response) {
console.log(data)
})
//
// post a tweet with media
//
var b64content = fs.readFileSync('/path/to/img', { encoding: 'base64' })
// first we must post the media to Twitter
T.post('media/upload', { media_data: b64content }, function (err, data, response) {
// now we can reference the media and post a tweet (media will attach to the tweet)
var mediaIdStr = data.media_id_string
var params = { status: 'loving life #nofilter', media_ids: [mediaIdStr] }
T.post('statuses/update', params, function (err, data, response) {
console.log(data)
})
})
//
// stream a sample of public statuses
//
var stream = T.stream('statuses/sample')
stream.on('tweet', function (tweet) {
console.log(tweet)
})
//
// filter the twitter public stream by the word 'mango'.
//
var stream = T.stream('statuses/filter', { track: 'mango' })
stream.on('tweet', function (tweet) {
console.log(tweet)
})
//
// filter the public stream by the latitude/longitude bounded box of San Francisco
//
var sanFrancisco = [ '-122.75', '36.8', '-121.75', '37.8' ]
var stream = T.stream('statuses/filter', { locations: sanFrancisco })
stream.on('tweet', function (tweet) {
console.log(tweet)
})
//
// filter the public stream by english tweets containing `#apple`
//
var stream = T.stream('statuses/filter', { track: '#apple', language: 'en' })
stream.on('tweet', function (tweet) {
console.log(tweet)
})
See the full docs here.