Hour 5. Making Your First API Call
What You’ll Learn in This Hour:
• How to make a simple URL call
• How to make a call in php
Making a Simple Twitter API Call
OK, it’s time make a call to Twitter and get a response. Let’s dive right in and make a simple call to the Twitter service to get the latest public timeline. Depending on your browser and its configuration you may need to view source to see the proper formatting.
Open a web browser, type in the following, and press Enter:
http://twitter.com/statuses/public_timeline.xml
You should get something like the following:
<statuses type="array"><status> <created_at>Thu Dec 31 03:31:08 +0000 2009</created_at> <id>7220013867</id> <text>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, ...
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