NAME

Mojo::WebService::Twitter - Simple Twitter API client

SYNOPSIS

my $twitter = Mojo::WebService::Twitter->new(api_key => $api_key, api_secret => $api_secret);

# Request and store access token
$twitter->authentication($twitter->request_oauth2);

# Blocking API request
my $user = $twitter->get_user(screen_name => $name);
say $user->screen_name . ' was created on ' . $user->created_at->ymd;

# Non-blocking API request
$twitter->get_tweet($tweet_id, sub {
  my ($twitter, $err, $tweet) = @_;
  print $err ? "Error: $err" : 'Tweet: ' . $tweet->text . "\n";
});
Mojo::IOLoop->start unless Mojo::IOLoop->is_running;

# Non-blocking API request using promises
$twitter->get_tweet_p($tweet_id)->then(sub {
  my ($tweet) = @_;
  print 'Tweet: ' . $tweet->text . "\n";
})->catch(sub {
  my ($err) = @_;
  print "Error: $err";
})->wait;

# Some requests require authentication on behalf of a user
$twitter->authentication(oauth => $token, $secret);
my $authorizing_user = $twitter->verify_credentials;

my $new_tweet = $twitter->post_tweet('Something new and exciting!');

DESCRIPTION

Mojo::WebService::Twitter is a Mojo::UserAgent based Twitter API client that can perform requests synchronously or asynchronously. An API key and secret for a Twitter Application are required.

API requests are authenticated by the "authentication" coderef, which can either use an OAuth 2.0 access token to authenticate requests on behalf of the application itself, or OAuth 1.0 credentials (access token and secret) to authenticate requests on behalf of a specific user. The twitter_oauth_creds script can be used to obtain Twitter OAuth credentials for a user from the command-line. A web application may wish to implement its own OAuth authorization flow, passing a callback URL back to the application in "request_oauth", then calling "verify_oauth" with the passed verifier code to retrieve the credentials. See the Twitter documentation for more details.

All methods which query the Twitter API can be called with an optional trailing callback argument to run a non-blocking API query. Alternatively, the _p variant will run a non-blocking API query and return a Mojo::Promise, which can simplify complex sequences of non-blocking queries. On connection, HTTP, or API error, blocking API queries will throw a Mojo::WebService::Twitter::Error exception. Non-blocking API queries will pass this exception object to the callback or reject the promise, and otherwise pass the results to the callback or resolve the promise.

Note that this distribution implements only a subset of the Twitter API. Additional features may be added as requested. See Twitter::API for a more fully-featured lightweight and modern twitter client library.

ATTRIBUTES

Mojo::WebService::Twitter implements the following attributes.

api_key

my $api_key = $twitter->api_key;
$twitter    = $twitter->api_key($api_key);

API key for your Twitter Application.

api_secret

my $api_secret = $twitter->api_secret;
$twitter       = $twitter->api_secret($api_secret);

API secret for your Twitter Application.

ua

my $ua      = $webservice->ua;
$webservice = $webservice->ua(Mojo::UserAgent->new);

HTTP user agent object to use for synchronous and asynchronous requests, defaults to a Mojo::UserAgent object.

METHODS

Mojo::WebService::Twitter inherits all methods from Mojo::Base, and implements the following new ones.

authentication

my $code = $twitter->authentication;
$twitter = $twitter->authentication($code);
$twitter = $twitter->authentication({oauth_token => $access_token, oauth_token_secret => $access_token_secret});
$twitter = $twitter->authentication(oauth => $access_token, $access_token_secret);
$twitter = $twitter->authentication({access_token => $access_token});
$twitter = $twitter->authentication(oauth2 => $access_token);

Get or set coderef used to authenticate API requests. Passing oauth with optional token and secret, or a hashref containing oauth_token and oauth_token_secret, will set a coderef which uses a WWW::OAuth to authenticate requests. Passing oauth2 with required token or a hashref containing access_token will set a coderef which authenticates using the passed access token. The coderef will receive the Mojo::Message::Request object as the first parameter, and an optional hashref of oauth_ parameters.

request_oauth

request_oauth_p

my $res = $twitter->request_oauth;
my $res = $twitter->request_oauth($callback_url);
$twitter->request_oauth(sub {
  my ($twitter, $error, $res) = @_;
});
my $p = $twitter->request_oauth_p;

Send an OAuth 1.0 authorization request and return a hashref containing oauth_token and oauth_token_secret (request token and secret). An optional OAuth callback URL may be passed; by default, oob is passed to use PIN-based authorization. The user should be directed to the authorization URL which can be retrieved by passing the request token to "twitter_authorize_url" in Mojo::WebService::Twitter::Util. After authorization, the user will either be redirected to the callback URL with the query parameter oauth_verifier, or receive a PIN to return to the application. Either the verifier string or PIN should be passed to "verify_oauth" to retrieve an access token and secret.

verify_oauth

verify_oauth_p

my $res = $twitter->verify_oauth($verifier, $request_token, $request_token_secret);
$twitter->verify_oauth($verifier, $request_token, $request_token_secret, sub {
  my ($twitter, $error, $res) = @_;
});
my $p = $twitter->verify_oauth_p($verifier, $request_token, $request_token_secret);

Verify an OAuth 1.0 authorization request with the verifier string or PIN from the authorizing user, and the previously obtained request token and secret. The secret is cached by "request_oauth" and may be omitted. Returns a hashref containing oauth_token and oauth_token_secret (access token and secret) which may be passed directly to "authentication" to authenticate requests on behalf of the user.

request_oauth2

request_oauth2_p

my $res = $twitter->request_oauth2;
$twitter->request_oauth2(sub {
  my ($twitter, $error, $res) = @_;
});
my $p = $twitter->request_oauth2_p;

Request OAuth 2 credentials and return a hashref containing an access_token that can be passed directly to "authentication" to authenticate requests on behalf of the application itself.

get_tweet

get_tweet_p

my $tweet = $twitter->get_tweet($tweet_id);
$twitter->get_tweet($tweet_id, sub {
  my ($twitter, $err, $tweet) = @_;
});
$twitter->get_tweet_p($tweet_id);

Retrieve a Mojo::WebService::Twitter::Tweet by tweet ID.

get_user

get_user_p

my $user = $twitter->get_user(user_id => $user_id);
my $user = $twitter->get_user(screen_name => $screen_name);
$twitter->get_user(screen_name => $screen_name, sub {
  my ($twitter, $err, $user) = @_;
});
my $p = $twitter->get_user_p(user_id => $user_id);

Retrieve a Mojo::WebService::Twitter::User by user ID or screen name.

get_user_timeline

get_user_timeline_p

Available from version 1.002.

my $tweets = $twitter->get_user_timeline(user_id => $user_id);
my $tweets = $twitter->get_user_timeline(screen_name => $screen_name);
my $tweets = $twitter->get_user_timeline(user_id => $user_id, %options);
$twitter->get_user_timeline(screen_name => $screen_name, %options, sub {
  my ($twitter, $err, $tweets) = @_;
});
my $p = $twitter->get_user_timeline_p(screen_name => $screen_name, %options);

Retrieve a Mojo::Collection of Mojo::WebService::Twitter::Tweet objects for a user's timeline by user ID or screen name. Note that the embedded user objects will only contain an id to avoid excess duplication of the same user's information; use "get_user" to retrieve the user's information.

Accepts the following options:

count

count => 5

Limit of tweets to try and retrieve per page. Actual returned count may be smaller due to filtering of content that is no longer available, RTs if the "exclude_rts" option is enabled, or replies if the "exclude_replies" option is enabled. Maximum 200, default 20.

since_id

since_id => '12345'

Restricts results to those more recent than the given tweet ID. IDs should be specified as a string to avoid issues with large integers. See here for more information on filtering results with since_id and max_id.

max_id

max_id => '54321'

Restricts results to those older than (or equal to) the given tweet ID. IDs should be specified as a string to avoid issues with large integers. See here for more information on filtering results with since_id and max_id.

exclude_replies

exclude_replies => 1

If true, replies will be filtered from the results.

exclude_rts

exclude_rts => 1

If true, RTs will be filtered from the results.

post_tweet

post_tweet_p

my $tweet = $twitter->post_tweet($text, %options);
$twitter->post_tweet($text, %options, sub {
	my ($twitter, $err, $tweet) = @_;
});
my $p = $twitter->post_tweet_p($text, %options);

Post a status update (tweet) and retrieve the resulting Mojo::WebService::Twitter::Tweet. Requires OAuth 1.0 authentication. Accepts the following options:

in_reply_to_status_id

in_reply_to_status_id => '12345'

Indicates the tweet is in reply to an existing tweet ID. IDs should be specified as a string to avoid issues with large integers. This parameter will be ignored by the Twitter API unless the author of the referenced tweet is mentioned within the status text as @username.

lat

lat => '37.781157'

The latitude of the location to attach to the tweet. This parameter will be ignored by the Twitter API unless it is within the range -90.0 to 90.0, and a corresponding long is specified. It is recommended to specify values as strings to avoid issues with floating-point representations.

long

long => '-122.398720'

The longitude of the location to attach to the tweet. This parameter will be ignored by the Twitter API unless it is within the range -180.0 to 180.0, and a corresponding lat is specified. It is recommended to specify values as strings to avoid issues with floating-point representations.

place_id

place_id => 'df51dec6f4ee2b2c'

A Twitter place ID to attach to the tweet.

display_coordinates

display_coordinates => 1

If true, tweet will display the exact coordinates the tweet was sent from.

retweet

retweet_p

my $tweet = $twitter->retweet($tweet_id);
$twitter->retweet($tweet_id, sub {
  my ($twitter, $err, $tweet) = @_;
});
my $p = $twitter->retweet_p($tweet_id);

Retweet the tweet ID or Mojo::WebService::Twitter::Tweet object. Returns a Mojo::WebService::Twitter::Tweet representing the original tweet. Requires OAuth 1.0 authentication.

search_tweets

search_tweets_p

my $tweets = $twitter->search_tweets($query);
my $tweets = $twitter->search_tweets($query, %options);
$twitter->search_tweets($query, %options, sub {
  my ($twitter, $err, $tweets) = @_;
});
my $p = $twitter->search_tweets_p($query, %options);

Search Twitter and return a Mojo::Collection of Mojo::WebService::Twitter::Tweet objects.

Accepts the following options:

geocode

geocode => '37.781157,-122.398720,1mi'
geocode => ['37.781157','-122.398720','1mi']
geocode => {latitude => '37.781157', longitude => '-122.398720', radius => '1mi'}

Restricts tweets to the given radius of the given latitude/longitude. Radius must be specified as mi (miles) or km (kilometers). It is recommended to specify values as strings to avoid issues with floating-point representations.

lang

lang => 'eu'

Restricts tweets to the given ISO 639-1 language code.

result_type

result_type => 'recent'

Specifies what type of search results to receive. Valid values are recent, popular, and mixed (default).