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corbanb/freebird-php
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Twitter API v1.1 Application only authoization library

v0.2.3(11y ago)148.6k6MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

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Freebird - Twitter App Only Auth
================================

[](#freebird---twitter-app-only-auth)

Welcome
-------

[](#welcome)

**Freebird** is a simple library designed to make connecting to Twitter's API as simple as possible on the server. Freebird was written to make life as easy as possible on developers to connect thier application servers to Twitter's API. Freebird uses the Application Only Authentication methodology, to find out more on this you can view the docs [here](https://dev.twitter.com/docs/auth/application-only-auth) from the offical Twitter API website.

Installing via Composer
-----------------------

[](#installing-via-composer)

The recomended way to install **Freebird** is through [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/).

```
# Install Composer
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

# Add Freebird as a dependency
php composer.phar require corbanb/freebird-php:~0.2.4

```

After installing, you need to require Composer's autoloader:

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

```

Freebird Dependencies
---------------------

[](#freebird-dependencies)

```
"php": ">=5.3.0"
"guzzle/guzzle": "3.1.*"

```

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

Once installed you can easily access all of the Twitter API endpoints supported by [Application Only Authentication](https://dev.twitter.com/docs/auth/application-only-auth). You can view those enpoints [here](https://dev.twitter.com/docs/rate-limiting/1.1/limits).

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