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using PHP to get twitter updates
Monday, 27 July 2009 13:18
in this post i will show you how to get twitter info , updates , friends followers etc from certain user.
1- Twitter's user Main info
/************************Main info *************************/
$rssUrl = "http://twitter.com/users/show.xml?screen_name=$username";
$rss = @file_get_contents($rssUrl);
if($rss)
{
$xml = @simplexml_load_string($rss);
if($xml !== false)
{
// geting Twitter name
$name=$xml->name;
//geting twitter screen name
$screen_name=$xml->screen_name;
// user location
$location=$xml->location;
//user description
$description=$xml->description;
// link to user profile image
$profile_image_url=$xml->profile_image_url;
// user url as in the profile
$url=$xml->url;
// followers count
$followers_count=$xml->followers_count;
// friends count
$friends_count=$xml->friends_count;
// created date
$created_at=$xml->created_at;
// user favourites count
$favourites_count=$xml->favourites_count;
//user time zone
$time_zone=$xml->time_zone;
// updates count
$statuses_count=$xml->statuses_count;
//print_r($xml);
}
else
{
echo "Error: RSS file not valid!";
}
}
else
{
echo "Error: Username invalid or requires authentication";
}
/**************************************************************************************/
2- Twitter Friends Info
/*************************************Friends*************************************/
$rssUrl = "http://twitter.com/statuses/friends/$username.xml";
$rss = @file_get_contents($rssUrl);
if($rss)
{
$xml = @simplexml_load_string($rss);
if($xml !== false)
{
//print_r($xml);
foreach($xml->user as $tweet)
{
// geting friend's name
$f_name=$tweet->name;
// geting friend's screen name
$f_screen_name=$tweet->screen_name;
// link to friend's image
$f_profile_image_url=$tweet->profile_image_url;
}
}
else
{
echo "Error: RSS file not valid!";
}
}
else
{
echo "Username invalid or requires authentication";
}
/**************************************************************************************/
3- twitter Updates
/***************************updates ***************************************************/
$rssUrl = "http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/$username.xml";
$rss = @file_get_contents($rssUrl);
if($rss)
{
$xml = @simplexml_load_string($rss);
if($xml !== false)
{
//print_r($xml->channel->item);
foreach($xml->status as $tweet)
{
// update id
$id=$tweet->id;
// update date
$created_at=$tweet->created_at;
// update text
$text=$tweet->text;
// update source ie: from web , from sharthis etc
$source=$tweet->source;
// update in replay to
$in_reply_to_screen_name=$tweet->in_reply_to_screen_name;
}
}
else
{
echo "Error: RSS file not valid!";
}
}
else
{
echo "Error:Username invalid or requires authentication";
}
/****************************************************************************************/
thats it for now . have fun : )
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Thank you for sharing. There are many scripts and tools available on the internet that can allow you to integrate twitter on you r website or blog. However a lot of the times you need a simple solution that you can style or customise the code exactly to fit your needs. The examples you have listed here are great.
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