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| GET followers/ids | Returns a cursored collection of user IDs for every user following the specified user. At this time, results are ordered with the most recent following first — however, this ordering is subject to unannounced change and eventual consistency issues. Results are given in groups of 5,000 user... |
| Using OAuth | Introduction Understanding the way OAuth works can help create and debug applications which use Twitter's API. To use OAuth, an application must: Obtain access tokens to act on behalf of a user account. Authorize all HTTP requests it sends to Twitter's APIs. The following... |
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| Certified Products | Certified Engagement Products Product Description Badges Attensity Attensity Respond provides a real-time view of the conversations that are happening right now on Twitter by identifying the trends developing in those conversations,... |
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| Error Codes & Responses | HTTP Status Codes The Twitter API attempts to return appropriate HTTP status codes for every request. It is possible to suppress response codes for the REST API. Code Text Description 200 OK Success... |
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| Twitter Certified Products Verticals | We look for products that extend Twitter's reach and enable businesses to be more successful on Twitter to join the Twitter Certified Products Program. The verticals below are areas where we want developers to focus. If your product provides any of the example functionality and meets all of... |
| POST direct_messages/new | Sends a new direct message to the specified user from the authenticating user. Requires both the user and text parameters and must be a POST. Returns the sent message in the requested format if successful. |
| POST account/update_profile_banner | Uploads a profile banner on behalf of the authenticating user. For best results, upload an |
| POST account/remove_profile_banner | Removes the uploaded profile banner for the authenticating user. Returns HTTP 200 upon success. |
| User Profile Images and Banners | Profile Images Profile images (or avatars) are an important component of a Twitter account's expression of identity. To upload an avatar on behalf of a user, use POST account/update_profile_image. Alternative image sizes for user profile images You can obtain a user's most recent profile image,... |
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| Users | Users can be anyone or anything. They tweet, follow, create lists, have a home_timeline, can be mentioned, and can be looked up in bulk. (JSON) Field Guide Consumers of Users should tolerate the addition of new fields and variance in ordering of fields with ease. Not all fields appear in all... |
| GET statuses/mentions_timeline | Returns the 20 most recent mentions (tweets containing a users's @screen_name) for the authenticating user. The timeline returned is the equivalent of the one seen when you view your mentions on twitter.com. This method can only return up to 800 statuses. This method will include retweets in the... |
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| GET search/tweets | Returns a collection of relevant Tweets matching a specified query. Please note that Twitter's search service and, by extension, the Search API is not meant to be an exhaustive source of Tweets. Not all Tweets will be indexed or made available via the search interface. In API v1.1, the response... |
| Sign in with Twitter Resources | Client libraries The client libraries listed at Twitter Libraries will help implement Sign in with Twitter. Just make sure to use the /oauth/authenticate endpoint, as described in Implementing Sign in with Twitter. Buttons Twitter would prefer your application to use the following... |
| Sign in with Twitter | Place a button on your site or application which allows Twitter users to enjoy the benefits of a registered user account in as little as one click. Works on websites, iOS, mobile and desktop applications. Features Ease of use - A new visitor to your site only has to click two buttons in... |
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| Embedded Timelines | Overview Embeddable timelines make it easy to syndicate any public Twitter timeline to your website with one line of code. Just like timelines on twitter.com, embeddable timelines are interactive and enable your visitors to reply, Retweet, and favorite Tweets directly from your pages. Users... |
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| The Streaming APIs | Overview The set of streaming APIs offered by Twitter give developers low latency access to Twitter's global stream of Tweet data. A proper implementation of a streaming client will be pushed messages indicating Tweets and other events have occurred, without any of the overhead associated... |
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| Useful Links We Found | On using API v1.1 Using API v1.1 with the SignPost library for Scala or Java Streaming data from Twitter using the 1.1 Search API On OAuth Apigee's OAuth: the Big Picture Using OAuth for Twitter Authentication on the BlackBerry PlayBook Using Twitter API with LIFT, Scala, and... |
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| xAuth | About xAuth xAuth is still OAuth. You still need to master how to send signed requests to Twitter. The xAuth process will only yield read-only or read-write access tokens. Direct message read access is not provided with xAuth. If your application requires access to a user's direct messages,... |
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| Streaming API request parameters | Use the following request parameters to define what data is returned by the Streaming API endpoints: delimited stall_warnings follow track locations count with replies delimited This parameter may be used on all streaming endpoints, unless explicitly noted. Setting this... |
| Image Resources | The resources are available to support a consistent user experience in applications leveraging Twitter & sites using Web Intents. It is recommended that you store these within your own application. For more information on using these marks, consult our Display Requirements. Birds... |