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cjrasmussen/twitter-api
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Simple helper for interacting with Twitter's API

1.2.5(7mo ago)0149MITPHPPHP >=7.4.0

Since Sep 14Pushed 7mo ago1 watchersCompare

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TwitterApi
==========

[](#twitterapi)

Simple class for making requests to the Twitter API. Not affiliated with Twitter.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use cjrasmussen\TwitterApi\TwitterApi;

$twitter = new TwitterApi($consumer_key, $consumer_secret);

// SEND A TWEET WITH OAUTH TOKEN/SECRET
$twitter->auth(TwitterApi::AUTH_TYPE_OAUTH, $token, $secret);
$response = $twitter->request('POST', '1.1/statuses/update.json', ['status' => 'Tweet text']);

// SEND A TWEET WITH BEARER TOKEN
$twitter->auth(TwitterApi::AUTH_TYPE_BEARER, $token);
$response = $twitter->request('POST', '1.1/statuses/update.json', ['status' => 'Tweet text']);
```

More Examples
-------------

[](#more-examples)

More examples, as well as other things I've learned using the Twitter API, are [available at my blog](https://cjr.dev/tag/trello-automation/).

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Simply add a dependency on cjrasmussen/twitter-api to your composer.json file if you use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to manage the dependencies of your project:

```
composer require cjrasmussen/twitter-api
```

Although it's recommended to use Composer, you can actually include the file(s) any way you want.

License
-------

[](#license)

TwitterApi is [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) licensed.

###  Health Score

39

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LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance65

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~132 days

Recently: every ~199 days

Total

15

Last Release

214d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0PHP >=7.1.0

1.2.0PHP >=7.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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