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How to Use the Twitter API

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function APITwitterCurrentTrends()

{

// INIT CURL

$ch = curl_init();

// SET FILE TO DOWNLOAD

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://search.twitter.com/trends/current.json");

curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);

// EXECUTE 2nd REQUEST (FILE DOWNLOAD)

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 60);

$content = curl_exec ($ch);

// CLOSE CURL

curl_close ($ch);

//Return API Data

$returndata = json_decode($content, true);

return $returndata;

}

//Twitter API Function to perform a search

function APITwitterSearch($keyword)

{

// INIT CURL

$ch = curl_init();

// SET FILE TO DOWNLOAD

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://search.twitter.com/search.json?lang=en&q=$keyword");

curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);

// EXECUTE 2nd REQUEST (FILE DOWNLOAD)

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 60);

$content = curl_exec ($ch);

// CLOSE CURL

curl_close ($ch);

//Return API Data

$returndata = json_decode($content, true);

return $returndata;

}

//Calls the Twitter API to get all current trends, then calls another function to display them

function showTrends($max_trends, $max_results_per_trend)

{

$trends = APITwitterCurrentTrends();

$counter = 1;

foreach ($trends['trends'] as $currenttrends)

{

foreach ($currenttrends as $trend)

{

if ($counter>$max_trends) { break; }

$trendname = $trend['name'];

$trendquery = $trend['query'];

//Clean up the query a little replacing some bad characters

$trendquery = str_replace("#", "%23", $trendquery);

$trendquery = str_replace(" ", "+", $trendquery);

displayTrendSearchResults($trendname, $trendquery, $max_results_per_trend);

$counter++;

}

//Calls the Twitter API to get search results of the trend specified, then prints them out

function displayTrendSearchResults($trendname, $trendquery, $max_results_per_trend)

{

$displaytrendquery = str_replace("\"", """, $trendquery);

echo "Trend: <a href=\"http://search.twitter.com/search?lang=en&q=$displaytrendquery\">$trendname</a><br>";

$searcharray = APITwitterSearch($trendquery);

$counter = 1;

foreach ($searcharray['results'] as $theresult)

{

if ($counter>$max_results_per_trend) { break; }

$profile_image_url = $theresult['profile_image_url'];

$from_user = $theresult['from_user'];

$text = $theresult['text'];

$id = $theresult['id'];

echo "<a href=\"http://twitter.com/$from_user/status/$id\"><img src=\"$profile_image_url\" border=0 height=16 width=16></a> <a href=\"http://twitter.com/$from_user\">$from_user</a>: $text<br>";

$counter++;

}

echo "<hr>";

}

//Configuration Variables

$max_trends = 5;

$max_results_per_trend = 2;

//Start the app off

showTrends($max_trends, $max_results_per_trend);

//Calls the Twitter API to get all current trends, then calls another function to display them

function showTrends($max_trends, $max_results_per_trend)

{

$trends = APITwitterCurrentTrends();

$counter = 1;

foreach ($trends['trends'] as $currenttrends)

{

foreach ($currenttrends as $trend)

{

if ($counter>$max_trends) { break; }

$trendname = $trend['name'];

$trendquery = $trend['query'];

//Clean up the query a little replacing some bad characters

$trendquery = str_replace("#", "%23", $trendquery);

$trendquery = str_replace(" ", "+", $trendquery);

displayTrendSearchResults($trendname, $trendquery, $max_results_per_trend);

$counter++;

}

//Calls the Twitter API to get search results of the trend specified, then prints them out

function displayTrendSearchResults($trendname, $trendquery, $max_results_per_trend)

{

$displaytrendquery = str_replace("\"", """, $trendquery);

echo "Trend: <a href=\"http://search.twitter.com/search?lang=en&q=$displaytrendquery\">$trendname</a><br>";

$searcharray = APITwitterSearch($trendquery);

$counter = 1;

foreach ($searcharray['results'] as $theresult)

{

if ($counter>$max_results_per_trend) { break; }

$profile_image_url = $theresult['profile_image_url'];

$from_user = $theresult['from_user'];

$text = $theresult['text'];

$id = $theresult['id'];

echo "<a href=\"http://twitter.com/$from_user/status/$id\"><img src=\"$profile_image_url\" border=0 height=16 width=16></a> <a href=\"http://twitter.com/$from_user\">$from_user</a>: $text<br>";

$counter++;

}

echo "<hr>";

}

//Twitter API Function to get current trends

function APITwitterCurrentTrends()

{

// INIT CURL

$ch = curl_init();

// SET FILE TO DOWNLOAD

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://search.twitter.com/trends/current.json");

curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);

// EXECUTE 2nd REQUEST (FILE DOWNLOAD)

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 60);

$content = curl_exec ($ch);

// CLOSE CURL

curl_close ($ch);

//Return API Data

$returndata = json_decode($content, true);

return $returndata;

}

//Twitter API Function to perform a search

function APITwitterSearch($keyword)

{

// INIT CURL

$ch = curl_init();

// SET FILE TO DOWNLOAD

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://search.twitter.com/search.json?lang=en&q=$keyword");

curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);

// EXECUTE 2nd REQUEST (FILE DOWNLOAD)

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 60);

$content = curl_exec ($ch);

// CLOSE CURL

curl_close ($ch);

//Return API Data

$returndata = json_decode($content, true);

return $returndata;

}

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