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Sams Teach Yourself the Twitter API in 24 Hours
- By Christopher Peri, Bess Ho
- Published Jun 20, 2011 by Sams. Part of the Sams Teach Yourself -- Hours series.
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- Sorry, this book is no longer in print.
Description
- Copyright 2011
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-672-33110-1
- ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33110-7
In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you’ll learn how to build great new social applications with the latest versions of the Twitter API. Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll discover all you can do with the Twitter API, and master everything from the absolute basics to the newest innovations. One step at a time, you’ll learn how to build Twitter clients and extend them with more power… use advanced features like streaming and geotagging… even build mobile Twitter apps for iPhone and Android! Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned resulting in a fully functional Twitter application, giving you a strong real-world foundation for success, even if you’re completely new to Twitter development!
Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Twitter API programming tasks.
Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge.
By the Way notes present interesting information related to the discussion.
Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks.
Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.
Learn how to…
- Make the right upfront decisions in planning your application
- Integrate Twitter support into existing sites, services, and applications
- Set up your Twitter development environment
- Make Twitter API calls, handle responses, and develop readers
- Construct dynamic frameworks to efficiently generate and manage multiple API calls
- Build basic clients and extend them to handle more powerful tasks
- Securely access server resources with OAuth
- Use Direct Messages, Lists, Search, and other Twitter API features
- Enable users to control their accounts, establish favorites and friendships, send notifications, and block individuals
- Build location-based, geotagged applications with Twitter’s GEO API
- Give users up-to-the-minute information about the hottest Twitter topics
- Get started with Twitter development for iPhone and Android
- Understand the future of Twitter API development
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Sample Content
Online Sample Chapter
Key Issues to Consider When Developing Twitter Applications
Sample Pages
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Table of Contents
Preface xiii
HOUR 1: What Is Twitter? 1
What Twitter Offers You 1
A Brief History of Twitter–or Why 140 Characters? 2
Summary 7
Q&A 8
HOUR 2: Twitter Out of the Box 11
What Twitter Offers You 11
Registering Your Application 15
The Twitter Client 16
Summary 18
Q&A 18
HOUR 3: Key Issues to Consider When Developing Twitter Applications 21
Types of Twitter Users 21
Types of Twitter Applications 25
Platform 30
Summary 31
Q&A 31
HOUR 4: Creating a Development Environment 33
Background of LAMP Stacks 33
Setting Up a Local Web Server 34
Securing Your Web Server 38
Development Tools 41
Summary 45
Q&A 46
HOUR 5: Making Your First API Call 49
Making a Simple Twitter API Call 49
Making a Call in PHP 53
Summary 57
Q&A 58
HOUR 6: Building a Simple Twitter Reader 59
Building Our First Twitter Client 59
Twitter HTTP Response Codes 65
Summary 69
Q&A 71
HOUR 7: Creating a Twitter API Framework 73
Twitter API Parameters 73
Creating an API Function for Twitter Function Calls 75
Summary 80
Q&A 80
HOUR 8: Twitter OAuth 81
What Is a Class and Why Do We Want to Use It? 81
What Is OAuth? 82
How to Register Your Application 82
Creating the OAuth Twitter Class 83
PHP Library for Working with Twitter’s OAuth API 84
Setting Up the twitterOAuth Class 85
How to Add New Functions to Your Twitter Class Object 90
How Our Class Deals with Twitter Connection Errors 92
Summary 93
Q&A 93
HOUR 9: Building a Simple Twitter Client, Part I 95
Expanding the Index File to Support Tabs 95
Adding Support for Home Timeline 97
Adding Support for Mentions 99
Adding Support for Direct Messages 101
Summary 102
Q&A 102
HOUR 10: Building a Simple Twitter Client, Part II 105
Updating and Adding New Files to Support Input Text Field 105
Sending a Message to Twitter 108
API Call for Direct Messages 109
Sanitizing Messages 110
Summary 110
Q&A 111
HOUR 11: Expanding Our Client for More API Calls 113
Types of API Method Calls 113
Adding Tabs to Our UI 114
New Timeline API Calls: Retweeted 117
New Status API Calls: Retweeted 119
Summary 123
Q&A 123
HOUR 12: Direct Messages 125
Sending a Direct Message 125
Adding Direct Message API Support 127
Adding More Direct Message API Support 131
The Destroy API Method 132
Summary 133
Q&A 133
HOUR 13: Lists 135
What Is a List? 135
Implementing the List API into Our Application 137
Three Types of List Methods 142
Summary 144
Q&A 144
HOUR 14: Favorites and User Methods 147
Favorites API Methods 147
User API Methods 153
Summary 158
Q&A 159
HOUR 15: Search 161
History of Twitter Search API 161
Twitter’s Stance on Search 161
The Lone Search API 162
A Quick Guide to More Information on Search from the Twitter Docs 170
Summary 173
Q&A 174
HOUR 16: Trends and GEO 177
What Is a Trending Topic? 177
Supporting Trends in Our Application 177
Understanding the GEO Tag 187
Summary 190
Q&A 190
HOUR 17: Friendships, Notification, Block, and Account Methods 193
Friendships Methods 193
Notification Methods 197
Block Methods 198
Account Methods 199
Summary 202
Q&A 202
HOUR 18: Twitter Documentation 205
The Twitter Dev Website 205
Devtwittercom/doc 211
Twitter Resource Page Overview 212
Summary 216
Q&A 216
HOUR 19: Streaming API 219
The Three Types of Streaming APIs 219
Streaming Methods 222
Summary 226
Q&A 226
HOUR 20: FailWhale and the Future of the API 229
What Is Spotting the FailWhale? 229
Review of the Application We Just Built 231
Where Is the Twitter API Going? 236
Summary 237
Q&A 238
HOUR 21: Getting Started in Twitter Android Application 241
Introducing Android 241
Creating the Hello Android Project 243
Summary 251
Q&A 252
HOUR 22: Building Android Applications with Twitter 255
Using Twitter OAuth in Android 255
Importing Packages 261
Summary 276
Q&A 276
HOUR 23: Getting Started with Twitter Using iOS 279
Introducing iOS 279
Creating a Hello World Application 280
Summary 289
Q&A 290
HOUR 24: Building an iPhone and iPod Touch Application with Twitter 293
Introducing Twitter xAuth 293
Benefits of Using Twitter xAuth 294
Selecting Twitter Objective-C Libraries 294
Loading xAuth Token 302
Posting Tweet 304
Adding MGTwitterEngine Delegate Methods 305
Creating Objects in Interface Builder 308
Summary 315
Q&A 316
INDEX 319