Book description
The hands-on, step-by-step guide to building Twitter apps and integrating Twitter into existing sites, services, and applications
Shows what can be done with the Twitter API - including non-traditional examples
By the creator of the popular Twitterfilter app
Covers API basics, REST, calls, replies, components, displays, classes, errors, credentials, search, downtime, etiquette, and more
Quick, easy examples deliver results fast, and handy reference sections help programmers for years to come
Finally there's a practical guide to developing new Twitter applications and integrating Twitter into existing sites and applications. One step at a time, this book teaches all facets of Twitter programming, from the absolute basics to rich, non-traditional application development utilizing multiple API calls. Top Twitter developer Christopher Peri demonstrates what the Twitter API can do, introduces each leading type of Twitter application, and discusses the issues developers face in using the Twitter API. Peri shows how to set up the Twitter API environment; make API calls and parse responses; work with components; create displays; build application frameworks; handle error messages and downtime; pass credentials to Twitter; create clients; send messages; use Twitter search; and more. Along the way, Peri provides innovative solutions to Twitter programming problems, helping developers overcome API limitations they'd otherwise struggle with. Peri concludes by previewing the future of Twitter and its API; demonstrating innovative example applications and mashup services; and explaining the crucial "etiquette" of Twitter development. Throughout, each lesson builds on everything that's come before, helping readers learn core techniques from the ground up. Concise, easy-to-reuse code samples help developers get started fast, and detailed Twitter API reference sections support them for years to come.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents at a Glance
- Table of Contents
- About the Author
- About the Contributing Author
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You!
- Reader Services
- Preface
- Hour 1. What Is Twitter?
- Hour 2. Twitter Out of the Box
- Hour 3. Key Issues to Consider When Developing Twitter Applications
- Hour 4. Creating a Development Environment
- Hour 5. Making Your First API Call
- Hour 6. Building a Simple Twitter Reader
- Hour 7. Creating a Twitter API Framework
- Hour 8. Twitter OAuth
- Hour 9. Building a Simple Twitter Client, Part I
- Hour 10. Building a Simple Twitter Client, Part II
- Hour 11. Expanding Our Client for More API Calls
- Hour 12. Direct Messages
- Hour 13. Lists
- Hour 14. Favorites and User Methods
- Hour 15. Search
- Hour 16. Trends and GEO
- Hour 17. Friendships, Notification, Block, and Account Methods
- Hour 18. Twitter Documentation
- Hour 19. Streaming API
- Hour 20. FailWhale and the Future of the API
- Hour 21. Getting Started in Twitter Android Application
- Hour 22. Building Android Applications with Twitter
- Hour 23. Getting Started with Twitter Using iOS
- Hour 24. Building an iPhone and iPod Touch Application with Twitter
- Index
Product information
- Title: Sams Teach Yourself the Twitter API in 24 Hours
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2011
- Publisher(s): Sams
- ISBN: 9780768696684
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