NAME Net::Twitter - A perl interface to the Twitter API VERSION This document describes Net::Twitter version 3.14003 SYNOPSIS use Net::Twitter; use Scalar::Util 'blessed'; # When no authentication is required: my $nt = Net::Twitter->new(legacy => 0); # As of 13-Aug-2010, Twitter requires OAuth for authenticated requests my $nt = Net::Twitter->new( traits => [qw/OAuth API::REST/], consumer_key => $consumer_key, consumer_secret => $consumer_secret, access_token => $token, access_token_secret => $token_secret, ); my $result = $nt->update('Hello, world!'); eval { my $statuses = $nt->friends_timeline({ since_id => $high_water, count => 100 }); for my $status ( @$statuses ) { print "$status->{created_at} <$status->{user}{screen_name}> $status->{text}\n"; } }; if ( my $err = $@ ) { die $@ unless blessed $err && $err->isa('Net::Twitter::Error'); warn "HTTP Response Code: ", $err->code, "\n", "HTTP Message......: ", $err->message, "\n", "Twitter error.....: ", $err->error, "\n"; } DESCRIPTION This module provides a perl interface to the Twitter APIs. See for a full description of the Twitter APIs. NOTICE! BASIC AUTHENTICATION IS DEAD As of 31-Aug-2010, Twitter no longer supports Basic Authentication. OAuth is now required for authenticated requests. For more information, please see . Other Twitter compatible services may still accept Basic Authentication, so support for it remains in "Net::Twitter". OMG! THE MOOSE! Net::Twitter is Moose based. Moose provides some advantages, including the ability for the maintainer of this module to respond quickly to Twitter API changes. See Net::Twitter::Lite if you need an alternative without Moose and its dependencies. Net::Twitter::Lite's API method definitions and documentation are generated from Net::Twitter. It is a related module, but does not depend on Net::Twitter or Moose for installation. RETURN VALUES Net::Twitter decodes the data structures returned by the Twitter API into native perl data structures (HASH references and ARRAY references). The full layout of those data structures are not documented, here. They change often, usually with the addition of new elements, and documenting all of those changes would be a significant challenge. Instead, rely on the online Twitter API documentation and inspection of the returned data. The Twitter API online documentation is located at . To inspect the data, use Data::Dumper or similar module of your choice. Here's a simple example using Data::Dumper: use Data::Dumper; my $r = $nt->search($search_term); print Dumper $r; For more information on perl data structures, see perlreftut, perldsc, and perllol. METHODS AND ARGUMENTS new This constructs a "Net::Twitter" object. It takes several named parameters, all of them optional: traits An ARRAY ref of traits used to control which APIs the constructed "Net::Twitter" object will support and how it handles errors. Possible values are: API::REST Provides support for the Twitter REST API methods. API::Search Provides support for the Twitter Search API methods. API::TwitterVision Provides support for the TwitterVision API. See . WrapError "Net::Twitter" normally throws exceptions on error. When this trait is included, "Net::Twitter" returns undef when a method fails and makes the error available through method "get_error". This is the way all errors were handled in Net::Twitter versions prior to version 3.00. OAuth The "OAuth" trait provides OAuth authentication rather than the default Basic Authentication for Twitter API method calls. See the "Authentication" section and Net::Twitter::Role::OAuth for full documentation. InflateObjects When this optional trait is included, Net::Twitter inflates HASH refs returned by Twitter into objects with read accessors for each element. In addition, it inflates dates to DateTime objects and URLs to URI objects. Objects that include a "created_at" attribute also have a "relative_created_at" method. For example, with "InflateObjects" applied, the method returns an array of status objects: $r = $nt->friends_timeline; for my $status ( @$r ) { $r->user->screen_name; # same as $r->{user}{screen_name} # $created_at is a DateTime; $age is a DateTime::Duration my $age = DateTime->now - $r->created_at; # print an age in a similar style to the Twitter web site, e.g.: # less than a minute ago # about a minute ago # 6 minutes ago # 1 day ago # etc. print $r->relative_created_at; RateLimit The "RateLimit" trait adds utility methods that return information about the current rate limit status. See Net::Twitter::Role::RateLimit for details. Legacy This trait provides backwards compatibility to "Net::Twitter" versions prior to 3.00. It implies the traits "API::REST", "API::Search", "API::TwitterVision", and "API::WrapError". It also provides additional functionality to ensure consistent behavior for applications written for use with legacy versions of "Net::Twitter". In the current version, this trait is automatically included if the "traits" option is not specified. This ensures backwards compatibility for existing applications using "Net::Twitter" versions prior to 3.00. See section "LEGACY COMPATIBILITY" for more details. Some examples of using the "traits" parameter in "new": # provide support for *only* the REST API; throw exceptions on error $nt = Net::Twitter->new(traits => ['API::REST']); # provide support for both the REST and Search APIs; wrap errors $nt = Net::Twitter->new(traits => [qw/API::REST API::Search WrapError/]); # ensure full legacy support $nt = Net::Twitter->new(traits => ['Legacy']); # currently, these 2 calls to new are equivalent: $nt = Net::Twitter->new(); $nt = Net::Twitter->new(traits => ['Legacy']); legacy A boolean. If set to 0, "new" constructs a "Net::Twitter" object implementing the REST API and throws exceptions on API method errors. Net::Twitter->new(legacy => 0); is a shortcut for: Net::Twitter->new(traits => ['API::REST']); If set to 1, "new" constructs a "Net::Twitter" object with the "Legacy" trait. Net::Twitter->new(legacy => 1); is a shortcut for: Net::Twitter->new(traits => ['Legacy']); username This is the username for Basic Authentication. NOTE: as of 31-Aug-2010, Twitter no longer supports Basic Authentication. Use OAuth instead. Other Twitter compatible services may, however, accept Basic Authentication, so support for it remains in "Net::Twitter". password This is the password used for Basic Authentication. clientname The value for the "X-Twitter-Client-Name" HTTP header. It defaults to "Perl Net::Twitter". Note: This option has nothing to do with the "via" application byline. clientver The value for the "X-Twitter-Client-Version" HTTP header. It defaults to current version of the "Net::Twitter" module. clienturl The value for the "X-Twitter-Client-URL" HTTP header. It defaults to the search.cpan.org page for the "Net::Twitter" distribution. useragent_class The "LWP::UserAgent" compatible class used internally by "Net::Twitter". It defaults to "LWP::UserAgent". For POE based applications, consider using "LWP::UserAgent::POE". useragent_args An HASH ref of arguments to pass to constructor of the class specified with "useragent_class", above. It defaults to {} (an empty HASH ref). useragent The value for "User-Agent" HTTP header. It defaults to "Net::Twitter/$VERSION (Perl)", where $VERSION is the current version of "Net::Twitter". source Twitter on longer uses the "source" parameter. Support for it remains in "Net::Twitter" for any compatible services that may use it. It was originally used by Twitter to provide an "via" application byline. apiurl The URL for the Twitter API. This defaults to "http://api.twitter.com/1". This option is available when the "API::REST" trait is included. apihost DEPRECATED - Setting the "apiurl" is sufficient. apirealm A string containing the Twitter API realm used for Basic Authentication. It defaults to "Twitter API". This option is available when the "API::REST" trait is included. identica If set to 1, "Net::Twitter" overrides the defaults for "apiurl", "apihost", and "apirealm" to "http://identi.ca/api", "identi.ca:80", and "Laconica API" respectively. It defaults to 0. This option is available when the "API::REST" trait is included. consumer_key A string containing the OAuth consumer key provided by Twitter when an application is registered. This option is available when the "OAuth" trait is included. consumer_secret A string containing the OAuth consumer secret. This option is available when the "OAuth" trait is included. ssl If set to 1, an SSL connection will be used for all API calls. Defaults to 0. netrc (Optional) Sets the *machine* key to look up in ".netrc" to obtain credentials. If set to 1, Net::Twitter will use the value of the "netrc_machine" option (below). # in .netrc machine api.twitter.com login YOUR_TWITTER_USER_NAME password YOUR_TWITTER_PASSWORD machine semifor.twitter.com login semifor password SUPERSECRET # in your perl program $nt = Net::Twitter->new(netrc => 1); $nt = Net::Twitter->new(netrc => 'semifor.twitter.com'); netrc_machine (Optional) Sets the "machine" entry to look up in ".netrc" when "> is used. Defaults to "api.twitter.com". decode_html_entities Twitter encodes HTML entities in the "text" field of statuses. Set this option to 1 to have them automatically decoded. Default 0. credentials($username, $password) Set the credentials for Basic Authentication. This is helpful for managing multiple accounts. ua Provides access to the constructed user agent object used internally by "Net::Twitter". Use it with caution. AUTHENTICATION As of 31-Aug-2010, Twitter requires OAuth for authenticated requests. Other Twitter compatible services, like Identi.ca, accept Basic Authentication. So, "Net::Twitter" provides support for both. To set up OAuth, include the "OAuth" trait and include the "consumer_key" and "consumer_secret" options to "new". See Net::Twitter::Role::OAuth for more information on using OAuth, including examples. To set up Basic Authentication in "Net::Twitter", provide the "username" and "password" options to "new" or call the "credentials" method. In addition to the arguments specified for each API method described below, an additional "authenticate" parameter can be passed. To request an "Authorization" header, pass "authenticated => 1"; to suppress an authentication header, pass "authentication => 0". Even if requested, an Authorization header will not be added if there are no user credentials (username and password for Basic Authentication; access tokens for OAuth). This is probably only useful for the "rate_limit_status" method in the REST API, since it returns different values for an authenticated and a non-authenticated call. API METHODS AND ARGUMENTS Most Twitter API methods take parameters. All Net::Twitter API methods will accept a HASH ref of named parameters as specified in the Twitter API documentation. For convenience, many Net::Twitter methods accept simple positional arguments. The positional parameter passing style is optional; you can always use the named parameters in a HASH reference if you prefer. You may pass any number of required parameters as positional parameters. You must pass them in the order specified in the documentation for each method. Optional parameters must be passed as named parameters in a HASH reference. The HASH reference containing the named parameters must be the final parameter to the method call. Any required parameters not passed as positional parameters, must be included in the named parameter HASH reference. For example, the REST API method "update" has one required parameter, "status". You can call "update" with a HASH ref argument: $nt->update({ status => 'Hello world!' }); Or, you can use the convenient, positional parameter form: $nt->update('Hello world!'); The "update" method also has an optional parameter, "in_reply_to_status_id". To use it, you must use the HASH ref form: $nt->update({ status => 'Hello world!', in_reply_to_status_id => $reply_to }); You may use the convenient positional form for the required "status" parameter with the optional parameters specified in the named parameter HASH reference: $nt->update('Hello world!', { in_reply_to_status_id => $reply_to }); Convenience form is provided for the required parameters of all API methods. So, these two calls are equivalent: $nt->friendship_exists({ user_a => $fred, user_b => $barney }); $nt->friendship_exists($fred, $barney); Many API methods have aliases. You can use the API method name, or any of its aliases, as you prefer. For example, these calls are all equivalent: $nt->friendship_exists($fred, $barney); $nt->relationship_exists($fred, $barney); $nt->follows($fred, $barney); Aliases support both the HASH ref and convenient forms: $nt->follows({ user_a => $fred, user_b => $barney }); Cursors and Paging Some methods return partial results a page at a time. Originally, methods that returned partial results used a "page" parameter. A more recent addition to the Twitter API for retrieving multiple pages uses the "cursor" parameter. Usually, a method uses either the "page" parameter or the "cursor" parameter, but not both. There have been exceptions to this rule when Twitter deprecates the use of "page" for a method in favor of "cursor". In that case, both methods may work during a transition period. So, if a method supports both, you should always use the "cursor" parameter. Paging For methods that support paging, the first page is returned by passing "page => 1", the second page by passing "page => 2", etc. If no "page" parameter is passed, the first page is returned. Here's an example that demonstrates how to obtain all favorites in a loop: my @favs; for ( my $page = 1; ; ++$page ) { my $r = $nt->favorites({ page => $page }); last unless @$r; push @favs, @$r; } Cursors Cursoring employs a different strategy. To obtain the first page of results, pass "cursor => -1". Twitter returns a reference to a hash that includes entries "next_cursor", "previous_cursor", and an entry with a reference to an array containing a page of the requested items. The key for the array reference will be named "users", "ids", or something similar depending upon the type of returned items. For example, when "cursor" parameter is used with the "followers_ids" method, the returned in hash entry "ids". The "next_cursor" value can be used in a subsequent call to obtain the next page of results. When you have obtained the last page of results, "next_cursor" will be 0. Likewise, you can use the value for "previous_cursor" to obtain the previous page of results. When you have obtained the first page, "previous_cursor" will be 0. Here's an example that demonstrates how to obtain all follower IDs in a loop using the "cursor" parameter: my @ids; for ( my $cursor = -1, my $r; $cursor; $cursor = $r->{next_cursor} ) { $r = $nt->followers_ids({ cursor => $cursor }); push @ids, @{ $r->{ids} }; } Synthetic Arguments In addition to the arguments described in the Twitter API Documentation for each API method, Net::Twitter supports additional *synthetic* arguments. authenticate When set to 1, Net::Twitter will provide an Authorization header for the API call; when set to 0, it will suppress the Authentication header. This argument overrides the defined authentication behavior for the API method. It is probably only useful for the "rate_limit_satus" method which returns different values for authenticated and unauthenticated calls. See "AUTHENTICATION" for more details. since API methods that accept the "since_id" argument will also accept the synthetic "since" argument, instead. "since" may be a "Date::Time" object, an epoch time (the number of seconds since the system epoch), or a string in the same format returned by Twitter for the "created_at" attribute. Only statuses with a "created_at" time greater than "since" will be returned by the API call. REST API Methods These methods are provided when trait "API::REST" is included in the "traits" option to "new". Common Parameters id Several of these methods accept a user ID as the "id" parameter. The user ID can be either a screen name, or the users numeric ID. To disambiguate, use the "screen_name" or "user_id" parameters, instead. For example, These calls are equivalent: $nt->create_friend('perl_api'); # screen name $nt->create_friend(1564061); # numeric ID $nt->create_friend({ id => 'perl_api' }); $nt->create_friend({ screen_name => 'perl_api' }); $nt->create_friend({ user_id => 1564061 }); However user_id 911 and screen_name 911 are separate Twitter accounts. These calls are NOT equivalent: $nt->create_friend(911); # interpreted as screen name $nt->create_friend({ user_id => 911 }); # screen name: richellis Whenever the "id" parameter is required and "user_id" and "screen_name" are also parameters, using any one of them satisfies the requirement. skip_user The timeline methods all accept an optional "skip_user" parameter. When set to a true value, the statuses returned in a timeline will not contain an entire embedded user HASH. Instead, the user node will contain only an "id" element to indicate the numerical ID of the Twitter user that sent the status. Methods account_settings Parameters: *none* Required: *none* Returns the current trend, geo and sleep time information for the authenticating user. Returns: HashRef account_totals Parameters: *none* Required: *none* Returns the current count of friends, followers, updates (statuses) and favorites of the authenticating user. Returns: HashRef all_lists all_lists(id) Parameters: id, user_id, screen_name Required: id Returns all lists the authenticating or specified user subscribes to, including their own. The user is specified using the "user_id" or "screen_name parameters". If no user is given, the authenticating user is used. Requires authentication unless requesting for another user. Returns: ArrayRef[List] block_exists block_exists(id) Parameters: id, user_id, screen_name, include_entities Required: id Returns if the authenticating user is blocking a target user. Will return the blocked user's object if a block exists, and error with HTTP 404 response code otherwise. Returns: BasicUser blocking Parameters: page, include_entities Required: *none* Returns an array of user objects that the authenticating user is blocking. Returns: ArrayRef[BasicUser] blocking_ids Parameters: *none* Required: *none* Returns an array of numeric user ids the authenticating user is blocking. Returns: ArrayRef[Int] create_block create_block(id) Parameters: id, user_id, screen_name, include_entities Required: id Blocks the user specified in the ID parameter as the authenticating user. Returns the blocked user when successful. You can find out more about blocking in the Twitter Support Knowledge Base. Returns: BasicUser create_favorite create_favorite(id) Parameters: id, include_entities Required: id Favorites the status specified in the ID parameter as the authenticating user. Returns the favorite status when successful. Returns: Status create_friend create_friend(id) alias: follow_new Parameters: id, user_id, screen_name, follow, include_entities Required: id Befriends the user specified in the ID parameter as the authenticating user. Returns the befriended user when successful. Returns a string describing the failure condition when unsuccessful. Returns: BasicUser create_saved_search create_saved_search(query) Parameters: query Required: query Creates a saved search for the authenticated user. Returns: SavedSearch destroy_block destroy_block(id) Parameters: id, user_idscreen_name Required: id Un-blocks the user specified in the ID parameter as the authenticating user. Returns the un-blocked user when successful. Returns: BasicUser destroy_direct_message destroy_direct_message(id) Parameters: id, include_entities Required: id Destroys the direct message specified in the required ID parameter. The authenticating user must be the recipient of the specified direct message. Returns: DirectMessage destroy_favorite destroy_favorite(id) Parameters: id, include_entities Required: id Un-favorites the status specified in the ID parameter as the authenticating user. Returns the un-favorited status. Returns: Status destroy_friend destroy_friend(id) alias: unfollow Parameters: id, user_id, screen_name, include_entities Required: id Discontinues friendship with the user specified in the ID parameter as the authenticating user. Returns the un-friended user when successful. Returns a string describing the failure condition when unsuccessful. Returns: BasicUser destroy_saved_search destroy_saved_search(id) Parameters: id Required: id Destroys a saved search. The search, specified by "id", must be owned by the authenticating user. Returns: SavedSearch destroy_status destroy_status(id) Parameters: id, trim_user, include_entities Required: id Destroys the status specified by the required ID parameter. The authenticating user must be the author of the specified status. Returns: Status direct_messages direct_messages(include_entities) Parameters: since_id, max_id, count, page, include_entities Required: include_entities Returns a list of the 20 most recent direct messages sent to the authenticating user including detailed information about the sending and recipient users. Returns: ArrayRef[DirectMessage] disable_notifications disable_notifications(id) Parameters: id, screen_name, include_entities Required: id Disables notifications for updates from the specified user to the authenticating user. Returns the specified user when successful. Returns: BasicUser enable_notifications enable_notifications(id) Parameters: id, screen_name, include_entities Required: id Enables notifications for updates from the specified user to the authenticating user. Returns the specified user when successful. Returns: BasicUser end_session Parameters: *none* Required: *none* Ends the session of the authenticating user, returning a null cookie. Use this method to sign users out of client-facing applications like widgets. Returns: Error favorites Parameters: id, page, include_entities Required: *none* Returns the 20 most recent favorite statuses for the authenticating user or user specified by the ID parameter. Returns: ArrayRef[Status] followers Parameters: id, user_id, screen_name, cursor, include_entities Required: *none* Returns a reference to an array of the user's followers. If "id", "user_id", or "screen_name" is not specified, the followers of the authenticating user are returned. The returned users are ordered from most recently followed to least recently followed. Use the optional "cursor" parameter to retrieve users in pages of 100. When the "cursor" parameter is used, the return value is a reference to a hash with keys "previous_cursor", "next_cursor", and "users". The value of "users" is a reference to an array of the user's friends. The result set isn't guaranteed to be 100 every time as suspended users will be filtered out. Set the optional "cursor" parameter to -1 to get the first page of users. Set it to the prior return's value of "previous_cursor" or "next_cursor" to page forward or backwards. When there are no prior pages, the value of "previous_cursor" will be 0. When there are no subsequent pages, the value of "next_cursor" will be 0. Returns: HashRef|ArrayRef[User] followers_ids followers_ids(id) Parameters: id, user_id, screen_name, cursor Required: id Returns a reference to an array of numeric IDs for every user following the specified user. Use the optional "cursor" parameter to retrieve IDs in pages of 5000. When the "cursor" parameter is used, the return value is a reference to a hash with keys "previous_cursor", "next_cursor", and "ids". The value of "ids" is a reference to an array of IDS of the user's followers. Set the optional "cursor" parameter to -1 to get the first page of IDs. Set it to the prior return's value of "previous_cursor" or "next_cursor" to page forward or backwards. When there are no prior pages, the value of "previous_cursor" will be 0. When there are no subsequent pages, the value of "next_cursor" will be 0. Returns: HashRef|ArrayRef[Int] friends alias: following Parameters: id, user_id, screen_name, cursor, include_entities Required: *none* Returns a reference to an array of the user's friends. If "id", "user_id", or "screen_name" is not specified, the friends of the authenticating user are returned. The returned users are ordered from most recently followed to least recently followed. Use the optional "cursor" parameter to retrieve users in pages of 100. When the "cursor" parameter is used, the return value is a reference to a hash with keys "previous_cursor", "next_cursor", and "users". The value of "users" is a reference to an array of the user's friends. The result set isn't guaranteed to be 100 every time as suspended users will be filtered out. Set the optional "cursor" parameter to -1 to get the first page of users. Set it to the prior return's value of "previous_cursor" or "next_cursor" to page forward or backwards. When there are no prior pages, the value of "previous_cursor" will be 0. When there are no subsequent pages, the value of "next_cursor" will be 0. Returns: Hashref|ArrayRef[User] friends_ids friends_ids(id) alias: following_ids Parameters: id, user_id, screen_name, cursor Required: id Returns a reference to an array of numeric IDs for every user followed the specified user. Use the optional "cursor" parameter to retrieve IDs in pages of 5000. When the "cursor" parameter is used, the return value is a reference to a hash with keys "previous_cursor", "next_cursor", and "ids". The value of "ids" is a reference to an array of IDS of the user's friends. Set the optional "cursor" parameter to -1 to get the first page of IDs. Set it to the prior return's value of "previous_cursor" or "next_cursor" to page forward or backwards. When there are no prior pages, the value of "previous_cursor" will be 0. When there are no subsequent pages, the value of "next_cursor" will be 0. Returns: HashRef|ArrayRef[Int] friends_timeline alias: following_timeline Parameters: since_id, max_id, count, page, skip_user, trim_user, include_entities, include_rts Required: *none* Returns the 20 most recent statuses posted by the authenticating user and that user's friends. This is the equivalent of /home on the Web. Returns: ArrayRef[Status] friendship_exists friendship_exists(user_a, user_b) alias: relationship_exists alias: follows Parameters: user_a, user_b Required: user_a, user_b Tests for the existence of friendship between two users. Will return true if user_a follows user_b, otherwise will return false. Returns: Bool friendships_incoming friendships_incoming(cursor) Parameters: cursor Required: cursor Returns an HASH ref with an array of numeric IDs in the "ids" element for every user who has a pending request to follow the authenticating user. Returns: HashRef friendships_outgoing friendships_outgoing(cursor) Parameters: cursor Required: cursor Returns an HASH ref with an array of numeric IDs in the "ids" element for every protected user for whom the authenticating user has a pending follow request. Returns: HashRef geo_id geo_id(id) Parameters: id Required: id Returns details of a place returned from the "reverse_geocode" method. Returns: HashRef home_timeline Parameters: since_id, max_id, count, page, skip_user, exclude_replies, contributor_details, include_rts, include_entities, trim_user, include_my_retweet Required: *none* Returns the 20 most recent statuses, including retweets, posted by the authenticating user and that user's friends. This is the equivalent of /timeline/home on the Web. Returns: ArrayRef[Status] lookup_friendships Parameters: user_id, screen_name Required: *none* Returns the relationship of the authenticating user to the comma separated list or ARRAY ref of up to 100 screen_names or user_ids provided. Values for connections can be: following, following_requested, followed_by, none. Requires authentication. Returns: ArrayRef lookup_users Parameters: user_id, screen_name, include_entities Required: *none* Return up to 20 users worth of extended information, specified by either ID, screen name, or combination of the two. The author's most recent status (if the authenticating user has permission) will be returned inline. This method is rate limited to 1000 calls per hour. This method will accept user IDs or screen names as either a comma delimited string, or as an ARRAY ref. It will also accept arguments in the normal HASHREF form or as a simple list of named arguments. I.e., any of the following forms are acceptable: $nt->lookup_users({ user_id => '1234,6543,3333' }); $nt->lookup_users(user_id => '1234,6543,3333'); $nt->lookup_users({ user_id => [ 1234, 6543, 3333 ] }); $nt->lookup_users({ screen_name => 'fred,barney,wilma' }); $nt->lookup_users(screen_name => ['fred', 'barney', 'wilma']); $nt->lookup_users( screen_name => ['fred', 'barney' ], user_id => '4321,6789', ); Returns: ArrayRef[User] mentions alias: replies Parameters: since_id, max_id, count, page, trim_user, include_rts, include_entities Required: *none* Returns the 20 most recent mentions (statuses containing @username) for the authenticating user. Returns: ArrayRef[Status] new_direct_message new_direct_message(user, text) Parameters: user, text, screen_name, user_id, include_entities Required: user, text Sends a new direct message to the specified user from the authenticating user. Requires both the user and text parameters. Returns the sent message when successful. In order to support numeric screen names, the "screen_name" or "user_id" parameters may be used instead of "user". Returns: DirectMessage public_timeline Parameters: skip_user, trim_user, include_entities Required: *none* Returns the 20 most recent statuses from non-protected users who have set a custom user icon. Does not require authentication. Note that the public timeline is cached for 60 seconds so requesting it more often than that is a waste of resources. If user credentials are provided, "public_timeline" calls are authenticated, so they count against the authenticated user's rate limit. Use "->public_timeline({ authenticate => 0 })" to make an unauthenticated call which will count against the calling IP address' rate limit, instead. Returns: ArrayRef[Status] rate_limit_status Parameters: *none* Required: *none* Returns the remaining number of API requests available to the authenticated user before the API limit is reached for the current hour. Use "->rate_limit_status({ authenticate => 0 })" to force an unauthenticated call, which will return the status for the IP address rather than the authenticated user. (Note: for a web application, this is the server's IP address.) Returns: RateLimitStatus related_results related_results(id) Parameters: id Required: id If available, returns an array of replies and mentions related to the specified status. There is no guarantee there will be any replies or mentions in the response. This method is only available to users who have access to #newtwitter. Requires authentication. Returns: ArrayRef[Status] report_spam report_spam(id) Parameters: id, user_id, screen_name, include_entities Required: id The user specified in the id is blocked by the authenticated user and reported as a spammer. Returns: User retweet retweet(id) Parameters: id, include_entities, trim_user Required: id Retweets a tweet. Requires the id parameter of the tweet you are retweeting. Returns the original tweet with retweet details embedded. Returns: Status retweeted_by retweeted_by(id) Parameters: id, count, page, trim_user, include_entities Required: id Returns up to 100 users who retweeted the status identified by "id". Returns: ArrayRef[User] retweeted_by_ids retweeted_by_ids(id) Parameters: id, count, page, trim_user, include_entities Required: id Returns the IDs of up to 100 users who retweeted the status identified by "id". Returns: ArrayRef[User] retweeted_by_me Parameters: since_id, max_id, count, page, trim_user, include_entities Required: *none* Returns the 20 most recent retweets posted by the authenticating user. Returns: ArrayRef[Status] retweeted_by_user retweeted_by_user(id) Parameters: id, user_id, screen_name Required: id Returns the 20 most recent retweets posted by the specified user. The user is specified using the user_id or screen_name parameters. This method is identical to "retweeted_by_me" except you can choose the user to view. Does not require authentication, unless the user is protected. Returns: ArrayRef retweeted_to_me Parameters: since_id, max_id, count, page Required: *none* Returns the 20 most recent retweets posted by the authenticating user's friends. Returns: ArrayRef[Status] retweeted_to_user retweeted_to_user(id) Parameters: id, user_id, screen_name Required: id Returns the 20 most recent retweets posted by users the specified user follows. The user is specified using the user_id or screen_name parameters. This method is identical to "retweeted_to_me" except you can choose the user to view. Does not require authentication, unless the user is protected. Returns: ArrayRef retweets retweets(id) Parameters: id, count, trim_user, include_entities Required: id Returns up to 100 of the first retweets of a given tweet. Returns: Arrayref[Status] retweets_of_me alias: retweeted_of_me Parameters: since_id, max_id, count, page, trim_user, include_entities Required: *none* Returns the 20 most recent tweets of the authenticated user that have been retweeted by others. Returns: ArrayRef[Status] reverse_geocode reverse_geocode(lat, long) Parameters: lat, long, accuracy, granularity, max_results Required: lat, long Search for places (cities and neighborhoods) that can be attached to a statuses/update. Given a latitude and a longitude, return a list of all the valid places that can be used as a place_id when updating a status. Conceptually, a query can be made from the user's location, retrieve a list of places, have the user validate the location he or she is at, and then send the ID of this location up with a call to statuses/update. There are multiple granularities of places that can be returned -- "neighborhoods", "cities", etc. At this time, only United States data is available through this method. lat Required. The latitude to query about. Valid ranges are -90.0 to +90.0 (North is positive) inclusive. long Required. The longitude to query about. Valid ranges are -180.0 to +180.0 (East is positive) inclusive. accuracy Optional. A hint on the "region" in which to search. If a number, then this is a radius in meters, but it can also take a string that is suffixed with ft to specify feet. If this is not passed in, then it is assumed to be 0m. If coming from a device, in practice, this value is whatever accuracy the device has measuring its location (whether it be coming from a GPS, WiFi triangulation, etc.). granularity Optional. The minimal granularity of data to return. If this is not passed in, then "neighborhood" is assumed. "city" can also be passed. max_results Optional. A hint as to the number of results to return. This does not guarantee that the number of results returned will equal max_results, but instead informs how many "nearby" results to return. Ideally, only pass in the number of places you intend to display to the user here. Returns: HashRef saved_searches Parameters: *none* Required: *none* Returns the authenticated user's saved search queries. Returns: ArrayRef[SavedSearch] sent_direct_messages Parameters: since_id, max_id, page, count, include_entities Required: *none* Returns a list of the 20 most recent direct messages sent by the authenticating user including detailed information about the sending and recipient users. Returns: ArrayRef[DirectMessage] show_direct_message show_direct_message(id) Parameters: id, include_entities Required: id Returns a single direct message, specified by an id parameter. Like the "direct_messages" request, this method will include the user objects of the sender and recipient. Requires authentication. Returns: HashRef show_friendship show_friendship(id) alias: show_relationship Parameters: source_id, source_screen_name, target_id, target_id_name Required: id Returns detailed information about the relationship between two users. Returns: Relationship show_saved_search show_saved_search(id) Parameters: id Required: id Retrieve the data for a saved search, by ID, owned by the authenticating user. Returns: SavedSearch show_status show_status(id) Parameters: id, trim_user, include_entities Required: id Returns a single status, specified by the id parameter. The status's author will be returned inline. Returns: Status show_user show_user(id) Parameters: id, screen_name, include_entities Required: id Returns extended information of a given user, specified by ID or screen name as per the required id parameter. This information includes design settings, so third party developers can theme their widgets according to a given user's preferences. You must be properly authenticated to request the page of a protected user. Returns: ExtendedUser suggestion_categories Parameters: *none* Required: *none* Returns the list of suggested user categories. The category slug can be used in the "user_suggestions" API method get the users in that category . Does not require authentication. Returns: ArrayRef test Parameters: *none* Required: *none* Returns the string "ok" status code. Returns: Str trends_available Parameters: lat, long Required: *none* Returns the locations with trending topic information. The response is an array of "locations" that encode the location's WOEID (a Yahoo! Where On Earth ID ) and some other human-readable information such as a the location's canonical name and country. When the optional "lat" and "long" parameters are passed, the available trend locations are sorted by distance from that location, nearest to farthest. Use the WOEID returned in the location object to query trends for a specific location. Returns: ArrayRef[Location] trends_location trends_location(woeid) Parameters: woeid Required: woeid Returns the top 10 trending topics for a specific location. The response is an array of "trend" objects that encode the name of the trending topic, the query parameter that can be used to search for the topic on Search, and the direct URL that can be issued against Search. This information is cached for five minutes, and therefore users are discouraged from querying these endpoints faster than once every five minutes. Global trends information is also available from this API by using a WOEID of 1. Returns: ArrayRef[Trend] update update(status) Parameters: status, lat, long, place_id, display_coordinates, in_reply_to_status_id, trim_user, include_entities Required: status Updates the authenticating user's status. Requires the status parameter specified. A status update with text identical to the authenticating user's current status will be ignored. status Required. The text of your status update. URL encode as necessary. Statuses over 140 characters will cause a 403 error to be returned from the API. in_reply_to_status_id Optional. The ID of an existing status that the update is in reply to. o Note: This parameter will be ignored unless the author of the tweet this parameter references is mentioned within the status text. Therefore, you must include @username, where username is the author of the referenced tweet, within the update. lat Optional. The location's latitude that this tweet refers to. The valid ranges for latitude is -90.0 to +90.0 (North is positive) inclusive. This parameter will be ignored if outside that range, if it is not a number, if geo_enabled is disabled, or if there not a corresponding long parameter with this tweet. long Optional. The location's longitude that this tweet refers to. The valid ranges for longitude is -180.0 to +180.0 (East is positive) inclusive. This parameter will be ignored if outside that range, if it is not a number, if geo_enabled is disabled, or if there not a corresponding lat parameter with this tweet. place_id Optional. The place to attach to this status update. Valid place_ids can be found by querying "reverse_geocode". display_coordinates Optional. By default, geo-tweets will have their coordinates exposed in the status object (to remain backwards compatible with existing API applications). To turn off the display of the precise latitude and longitude (but keep the contextual location information), pass "display_coordinates =" 0> on the status update. Returns: Status update_delivery_device update_delivery_device(device) Parameters: device Required: device Sets which device Twitter delivers updates to for the authenticating user. Sending none as the device parameter will disable IM or SMS updates. Returns: BasicUser update_friendship update_friendship(id) Parameters: id, user_id, screen_name, device, retweets Required: id Allows you enable or disable retweets and device notifications from the specified user. All other values are assumed to be false. Requires authentication. Returns: HashRef update_profile Parameters: name, email, url, location, description, include_entities Required: *none* Sets values that users are able to set under the "Account" tab of their settings page. Only the parameters specified will be updated; to only update the "name" attribute, for example, only include that parameter in your request. Returns: ExtendedUser update_profile_background_image update_profile_background_image(image) Parameters: image, use Required: image Updates the authenticating user's profile background image. The "image" parameter must be an arrayref with the same interpretation as the "image" parameter in the "update_profile_image" method. The "use" parameter allows you to specify whether to use the uploaded profile background or not. See that method's documentation for details. Returns: ExtendedUser update_profile_colors Parameters: profile_background_color, profile_text_color, profile_link_color, profile_sidebar_fill_color, profile_sidebar_border_color Required: *none* Sets one or more hex values that control the color scheme of the authenticating user's profile page on twitter.com. These values are also returned in the /users/show API method. Returns: ExtendedUser update_profile_image update_profile_image(image) Parameters: image Required: image Updates the authenticating user's profile image. The "image" parameter is an arrayref with the following interpretation: [ $file ] [ $file, $filename ] [ $file, $filename, Content_Type => $mime_type ] [ undef, $filename, Content_Type => $mime_type, Content => $raw_image_data ] The first value of the array ($file) is the name of a file to open. The second value ($filename) is the name given to Twitter for the file. If $filename is not provided, the basename portion of $file is used. If $mime_type is not provided, it will be provided automatically using LWP::MediaTypes::guess_media_type(). $raw_image_data can be provided, rather than opening a file, by passing "undef" as the first array value. Returns: ExtendedUser user_suggestions user_suggestions(category) alias: follow_suggestions Parameters: category, lang Required: category Access the users in a given category of the Twitter suggested user list and return their most recent status if they are not a protected user. Currently supported values for optional parameter "lang" are "en", "fr", "de", "es", "it". Does not require authentication. Returns: ArrayRef user_timeline Parameters: id, user_id, screen_name, since_id, max_id, count, page, skip_user, trim_user, include_entities, include_rts Required: *none* Returns the 20 most recent statuses posted from the authenticating user. It's also possible to request another user's timeline via the id parameter. This is the equivalent of the Web /archive page for your own user, or the profile page for a third party. Returns: ArrayRef[Status] users_search users_search(q) alias: find_people alias: search_users Parameters: q, per_page, page, include_entities Required: q Run a search for users similar to Find People button on Twitter.com; the same results returned by people search on Twitter.com will be returned by using this API (about being listed in the People Search). It is only possible to retrieve the first 1000 matches from this API. Returns: ArrayRef[Users] verify_credentials verify_credentials(include_entities) Parameters: include_entities Required: *none* Returns an HTTP 200 OK response code and a representation of the requesting user if authentication was successful; returns a 401 status code and an error message if not. Use this method to test if supplied user credentials are valid. Returns: ExtendedUser Search API Methods These methods are provided when trait "API::Search" is included in the "traits" option to "new". search search(q) Parameters: q, callback, lang, rpp, page, since_id, geocode, show_user Required: q Returns a HASH reference with some meta-data about the query including the "next_page", "refresh_url", and "max_id". The statuses are returned in "results". To iterate over the results, use something similar to: my $r = $nt->search($searh_term); for my $status ( @{$r->{results}} ) { print "$status->{text}\n"; } Returns: HashRef trends Parameters: *none* Required: *none* Returns the top ten queries that are currently trending on Twitter. The response includes the time of the request, the name of each trending topic, and the url to the Twitter Search results page for that topic. Returns: ArrayRef[Query] trends_current trends_current(exclude) Parameters: exclude Required: *none* Returns the current top ten trending topics on Twitter. The response includes the time of the request, the name of each trending topic, and query used on Twitter Search results page for that topic. Returns: HashRef trends_daily Parameters: date, exclude Required: *none* Returns the top 20 trending topics for each hour in a given day. Returns: HashRef trends_weekly Parameters: date, exclude Required: *none* Returns the top 30 trending topics for each day in a given week. Returns: HashRef Lists API Methods These methods are provided when trait "API::Lists" is included in the "traits" option to "new". All Lists API methods require a "user" parameter. It is the screen_name of the list owner. add_list_member add_list_member(user, list_id, id) Parameters: user, list_id, id Required: user, list_id, id Adds the user identified by "id" to the list. Returns a reference the added user as a hash reference. Returns: User create_list create_list(user, name) Parameters: user, name, mode, description Required: user, name Creates a new list for the authenticated user. The "mode" parameter may be either "public" or "private". If not specified, it defaults to "public". Returns: HashRef delete_list delete_list(user, list_id) Parameters: user, list_id Required: user, list_id Deletes a list owned by the authenticating user. Returns the list as a hash reference. Returns: delete_list_member delete_list_member(user, list_id, id) alias: remove_list_member Parameters: user, list_id, id Required: user, list_id, id Deletes the user identified by "id" from the specified list. Returns the deleted user as a hash reference. Returns: get_list get_list(user, list_id) Parameters: user, list_id Required: user, list_id Returns the specified list as a hash reference. Returns: HashRef get_lists get_lists(user) alias: list_lists Parameters: user, cursor Required: user Returns a reference to an array of lists owned by the specified user. If the user is the authenticated user, it returns both public and private lists. Otherwise, it only returns public lists. When the "cursor" parameter is used, a hash reference is returned; the lists are returned in the "lists" element of the hash. Returns: ArrayRef[List] is_list_member is_list_member(user, list_id, id) Parameters: user, list_id, id Required: user, list_id, id Returns the list member as a HASH reference if "id" is a member of the list. Otherwise, returns undef. Returns: ArrayRef[User] is_list_subscriber is_list_subscriber(user, list_id, id) alias: is_subscribed_list Parameters: user, list_id, id Required: user, list_id, id Returns the subscriber as a HASH reference if "id" is a subscriber to the list. Otherwise, returns undef. Returns: ArrayRef[User] list_members list_members(user, list_id) Parameters: user, list_id, id, cursor Required: user, list_id Returns the list members as an array reference. The optional "id" parameter can be used to determine if the user specified by "id" is a member of the list. If so, the user is returned as a hash reference; if not, "undef" is returned. When the "cursor" parameter is used, a hash reference is returned; the members are returned in the "users" element of the hash. Returns: ArrayRef[User] list_memberships list_memberships(user) Parameters: user, cursor Required: user Returns the lists the specified user is a member of as an array reference. When the "cursor" parameter is used, a hash reference is returned; the lists are returned in the "lists" element of the hash. Returns: list_statuses list_statuses(user, list_id) Parameters: user, list_id, since_id, max_id, per_page, page Required: user, list_id Returns a timeline of list member statuses as an array reference. Returns: ArrayRef[Status] list_subscribers list_subscribers(user, list_id) Parameters: user, list_id, id, cursor Required: user, list_id Returns the subscribers to a list as an array reference. When the "cursor" parameter is used, a hash reference is returned; the subscribers are returned in the "users" element of the hash. Returns: ArrayRef[User] list_subscriptions list_subscriptions(user) Parameters: user, cursor Required: user Returns a lists to which the specified user is subscribed as an array reference. When the "cursor" parameter is used, a hash reference is returned; the lists are returned in the "lists" element of the hash. Returns: subscribe_list subscribe_list(user, list_id) Parameters: user, list_id Required: user, list_id Subscribes the authenticated user to the specified list. Returns: List unsubscribe_list unsubscribe_list(user, list_id) Parameters: user, list_id Required: user, list_id Unsubscribes the authenticated user from the specified list. Returns: List update_list update_list(user, list_id) Parameters: user, list_id, name, mode, description Required: user, list_id Updates a list to change the name, mode, description, or any combination thereof. Returns: HashRef TwitterVision API Methods These methods are provided when trait "API::TwitterVision" is included in the "traits" option to "new". current_status current_status(id) Parameters: id, callback Required: id Get the current location and status of a user. Returns: HashRef update_twittervision update_twittervision(location) Parameters: location Required: location Updates the location for the authenticated user. Returns: HashRef LEGACY COMPATIBILITY This version of "Net::Twitter" automatically includes the "Legacy" trait if no "traits" option is provided to "new". Therefore, these 2 calls are currently equivalent: $nt = Net::Twitter->new(username => $user, password => $passwd); $nt = Net::Twitter->new( username => $user, password => $passwd, traits => ['Legacy'], ); Thus, existing applications written for a prior version of "Net::Twitter" should continue to run, without modification, with this version. In a future release, the default traits may change. Prior to that change, however, a nearer future version will add a warning if no "traits" option is provided to "new". To avoid this warning, add an appropriate "traits" option to your existing application code. ERROR HANDLING There are currently two strategies for handling errors: throwing exceptions and wrapping errors. Exception handling is the newer, recommended strategy. Wrapping Errors When trait "WrapError" is specified (or "Legacy", which includes trait "WrapError"), "Net::Twitter" returns undef on error. To retrieve information about the error, use methods "http_code", "http_message", and "get_error". These methods are described in the Net::Twitter::Role::WrapError. if ( my $followers = $nt->followers ) { for my $follower ( @$followers ) { #... } } else { warn "HTTP message: ", $nt->http_message, "\n"; } Since an error is stored in the object instance, this error handling strategy is problematic when using a user agent like "LWP::UserAgent::POE" that provides concurrent requests. The error for one request can be overwritten by a concurrent request before you have an opportunity to access it. Exception Handling When "Net::Twitter" encounters a Twitter API error or a network error, it throws a "Net::Twitter::Error" object. You can catch and process these exceptions by using "eval" blocks and testing $@: eval { my $statuses = $nt->friends_timeline(); # this might die! for my $status ( @$statuses ) { #... } }; if ( $@ ) { # friends_timeline encountered an error if ( blessed $@ && $@->isa('Net::Twitter::Error') ) { #... use the thrown error obj warn $@->error; } else { # something bad happened! die $@; } } "Net::Twitter::Error" stringifies to something reasonable, so if you don't need detailed error information, you can simply treat $@ as a string: eval { $nt->update($status) }; if ( $@ ) { warn "update failed because: $@\n"; } FAQ Why does "->followers({ screen_name => $friend })" return *my* followers instead of $friends's? First, check carefully to make sure you've spelled "screen_name" correctly. Twitter sometimes discards parameters it doesn't recognize. In this case, the result is a list of your own followers---the same thing that would happen if you called "followers" without the "screen_name" parameter. How do I use the "geocode" parameter in the Search API? The "geocode" parameter value includes a latitude, longitude, and radius separated with commas. $r = $nt->search({ geocode => "45.511795,-122.675629,25mi" }); How do I get Twitter to display something other than "from Perl Net::Twitter"? If you set the source parameter to "api", twitter will display "from API", and if you set it to the empty string, twitter will display, "from web". $nt = Net::Twitter->new(netrc => 1,legacy => 0,ssl => 1,source => 'api'); $nt->update('A post with the source parameter overridden.'); # result: http://twitter.com/semifor_test/status/6541105458 $nt = Net::Twitter->new(netrc => 1,legacy => 0,ssl => 1,source => ''); $nt->update('A post with the source parameter overridden.'); # result: http://twitter.com/semifor_test/status/6541257224 If you want something other than "Net::Twitter", "API", or "web", you need to register an application and use OAuth authentication. If you do that, you can have any name you choose for the application printed as the source. Since rolling out OAuth, Twitter has stopped issuing new registered source parameters, only existing register source parameters are valid. SEE ALSO Net::Twitter::Error The "Net::Twitter" exception object. This is the official Twitter API documentation. It describes the methods and their parameters in more detail and may be more current than the documentation provided with this module. LWP::UserAgent::POE This LWP::UserAgent compatible class can be used in POE based application along with Net::Twitter to provide concurrent, non-blocking requests. Catalyst::Authentication::Credential::Twitter This module, by Jesse Stay, provides Twitter OAuth authentication support for the popular Catalyst web application framework. SUPPORT Please report bugs to "bug-net-twitter@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . Join the Net::Twitter IRC channel at . Follow perl_api: . Track Net::Twitter development at . ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many thanks to Chris Thompson , the original author of "Net::Twitter" and all versions prior to 3.00. Also, thanks to Chris Prather (perigrin) for answering many design and implementation questions, especially with regards to Moose. AUTHOR Marc Mims (@semifor on Twitter) CONTRIBUTORS Roberto Etcheverry (@retcheverry on Twitter) KATOU Akira Francisco Pecorella Doug Bell LICENSE Copyright (c) 2009 Marc Mims The Twitter API itself, and the description text used in this module is: Copyright (c) 2009 Twitter This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY BECAUSE THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE SOFTWARE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU. 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