#twit
Twitter API Client for node
Supports both the REST and Streaming API.
#Installing
npm install twit
##Usage:
var Twit = require('twit')
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)
})
//
// 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)
})
##T.get(path, [params], callback)
GET any of the REST API endpoints.
path
The endpoint to hit. When specifying path
values, omit the '.json' at the end (i.e. use 'search/tweets' instead of 'search/tweets.json').
params
(Optional) parameters for the request.
callback
function (err, data, response)
data
is the parsed data received from Twitter.response
is the http.IncomingMessage received from Twitter.
##T.post(path, [params], callback)
POST any of the REST API endpoints. Same usage as T.get()
.
##T.getAuth()
Get the client's authentication tokens.
##T.setAuth(tokens)
Update the client's authentication tokens.
##T.stream(path, [params])
Use this with the Streaming API.
path
Streaming endpoint to hit. One of:
- 'statuses/filter'
- 'statuses/sample'
- 'statuses/firehose'
- 'user'
- 'site'
For a description of each Streaming endpoint, see the Twitter API docs.
params
(Optional) parameters for the request. Any Arrays passed in params
get converted to comma-separated strings, allowing you to do requests like:
//
// I only want to see tweets about my favorite fruits
//
// same result as doing { track: 'bananas,oranges,strawberries' }
var stream = T.stream('statuses/filter', { track: ['bananas', 'oranges', 'strawberries'] })
stream.on('tweet', function (tweet) {
//...
})
T.stream(path, [params])
keeps the connection alive, and returns an EventEmitter
.
The following events are emitted:
##event: 'tweet'
Emitted each time a status (tweet) comes into the stream.
stream.on('tweet', function (tweet) {
//...
})
##event: 'delete'
Emitted each time a status (tweet) deletion message comes into the stream.
stream.on('delete', function (deleteMessage) {
//...
})
##event: 'limit'
Emitted each time a limitation message comes into the stream.
stream.on('limit', function (limitMessage) {
//...
})
##event: 'scrub_geo'
Emitted each time a location deletion message comes into the stream.
stream.on('scrub_geo', function (scrubGeoMessage) {
//...
})
##event: 'disconnect'
Emitted when a disconnect message comes from Twitter. This occurs if you have multiple streams connected to Twitter's API. Upon receiving a disconnect message from Twitter, Twit
will close the connection and emit this event with the message details received from twitter.
stream.on('disconnect', function (disconnectMessage) {
//...
})
##event: 'connect'
Emitted when a connection attempt is made to Twitter. The http request
object is emitted.
stream.on('connect', function (request) {
//...
})
##event: 'connected'
Emitted when the response is received from Twitter. The http response
object is emitted.
stream.on('connected', function (response) {
//...
})
##event: 'reconnect'
Emitted when a reconnection attempt to Twitter is scheduled. If Twitter is having problems or we get rate limited, we schedule a reconnect according to Twitter's reconnection guidelines. The last http request
and response
objects are emitted, along with the time (in milliseconds) left before the reconnect occurs.
stream.on('reconnect', function (request, response, connectInterval) {
//...
})
##event: 'warning'
This message is appropriate for clients using high-bandwidth connections, like the firehose. If your connection is falling behind, Twitter will queue messages for you, until your queue fills up, at which point they will disconnect you.
stream.on('warning', function (warning) {
//...
})
##event: 'status_withheld'
Emitted when Twitter sends back a status_withheld
message in the stream. This means that a tweet was withheld in certain countries.
stream.on('status_withheld', function (withheldMsg) {
//...
})
##event: 'user_withheld'
Emitted when Twitter sends back a user_withheld
message in the stream. This means that a Twitter user was withheld in certain countries.
stream.on('user_withheld', function (withheldMsg) {
//...
})
##event: 'friends'
Emitted when Twitter sends the "friends" preamble when connecting to a user stream. This message contains a list of the user's friends, represented as an array of user ids.
stream.on('friends', function (friendsMsg) {
//...
})
##event: 'direct_message'
Emitted when a direct message is sent to the user. Unfortunately, Twitter has not documented this event for user streams.
stream.on('direct_message', function (directMsg) {
//...
})
##event: 'user_event'
Emitted when Twitter sends back a User stream event. See the Twitter docs for more information on each event's structure.
stream.on('user_event', function (eventMsg) {
//...
})
In addition, the following user stream events are provided for you to listen on:
blocked
unblocked
favorite
unfavorite
follow
unfollow
user_update
list_created
list_destroyed
list_updated
list_member_added
list_member_removed
list_user_subscribed
list_user_unsubscribed
unknown_user_event
(for an event that doesn't match any of the above)
###Example:
stream.on('favorite', function (event) {
//...
})
##event: 'error'
Emitted when an API request or response error occurs.
An Error
object is emitted, with properties:
{
message: '...', // error message
statusCode: '...', // statusCode from Twitter
code: '...', // error code from Twitter
twitterReply: '...', // raw response data from Twitter
allErrors: '...' // array of errors returned from Twitter
}
##stream.stop()
Call this function on the stream to stop streaming (closes the connection with Twitter).
##stream.start()
Call this function to restart the stream after you called .stop()
on it.
Note: there is no need to call .start()
to begin streaming. Twit.stream
calls .start()
for you.
#What do I have access to?
Anything in the Twitter API:
- REST API Endpoints: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api
- Public stream endpoints: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/streaming-api/methods
- User stream endpoints: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/streaming-api/user-streams
- Site stream endpoints: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/streaming-api/site-streams
Go here to create an app and get OAuth credentials (if you haven't already): https://dev.twitter.com/apps/new
#How do I run the tests?
Create two files: config1.js
and config2.js
at the root of the twit
folder. They should contain two different sets of oauth credentials for twit to use (two accounts are needed for testing interactions). They should both look something like this:
module.exports = {
consumer_key: '...'
, consumer_secret: '...'
, access_token: '...'
, access_token_secret: '...'
}
Then run the tests:
npm test
You can also run the example:
node examples/rtd2.js
The example is a twitter bot named RTD2 written using twit
. RTD2 tweets about github and curates its social graph.
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) by Tolga Tezel [email protected]
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###1.1.14
- Emit
connected
event upon receiving the response from twitter
###1.0.0
- now to stop and start the stream, use
stream.stop()
andstream.start()
instead of emitting thestart
andstop
events - If twitter sends a
disconnect
message, closes the stream and emitsdisconnect
with the disconnect message received from twitter
###0.2.0
- Updated
twit
for usage with v1.1 of the Twitter API.
###0.1.5
- BREAKING CHANGE to
twit.stream()
. Does not take a callback anymore. It returns immediately with theEventEmitter
that you can listen on. TheUsage
section in the Readme.md has been updated. Read it.
###0.1.4
twit.stream()
has signaturefunction (path, params, callback)