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headoo/twitter-api-php
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Simple PHP Wrapper for Twitter API v1.1 calls adapted to Symfony2 based applications

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twitter-api-php
===============

[](#twitter-api-php)

Simple PHP Wrapper for Twitter API v1.1 calls

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[Instructions in StackOverflow post here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12916539/simplest-php-example-retrieving-user-timeline-with-twitter-api-version-1-1/15314662#15314662) with examples. This post shows you how to get your tokens and more. If you found it useful, please upvote / leave a comment! :)

The aim of this class is simple. You need to:

- Include the class in your PHP code
- [Create a twitter app on the twitter developer site](https://dev.twitter.com/apps/)
- Enable read/write access for your twitter app
- Grab your access tokens from the twitter developer site
- [Choose a twitter API URL to make the request to](https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/)
- Choose either GET / POST (depending on the request)
- Choose the fields you want to send with the request (example: `array('screen_name' => 'usernameToBlock')`)

You really can't get much simpler than that. Here is an example of how to use the class for a POST request to block a user, and at the bottom is an example of a GET request.

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

[](#installation)

**Normally:** If you *don't* use composer, don't worry - just include TwitterAPIExchange.php in your application.

**Via Composer:** If you *do* use composer, here's what you add to your composer.json file to have TwitterAPIExchange.php automatically imported into your vendor's folder:

```
{
    "require": {
        "j7mbo/twitter-api-php": "dev-master"
    }
}

```

Of course, you'll then need to run `php composer.phar update`.

How To Use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

#### Include the class file

[](#include-the-class-file)

```
require_once('TwitterAPIExchange.php');

```

#### Set access tokens

[](#set-access-tokens)

```
$settings = array(
    'oauth_access_token' => "YOUR_OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN",
    'oauth_access_token_secret' => "YOUR_OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET",
    'consumer_key' => "YOUR_CONSUMER_KEY",
    'consumer_secret' => "YOUR_CONSUMER_SECRET"
);

```

#### Choose URL and Request Method

[](#choose-url-and-request-method)

```
$url = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/blocks/create.json';
$requestMethod = 'POST';

```

#### Choose POST fields

[](#choose-post-fields)

```
$postfields = array(
    'screen_name' => 'usernameToBlock',
    'skip_status' => '1'
);

```

#### Perform the request!

[](#perform-the-request)

```
$twitter = new TwitterAPIExchange($settings);
echo $twitter->buildOauth($url, $requestMethod)
             ->setPostfields($postfields)
             ->performRequest();

```

GET Request Example
-------------------

[](#get-request-example)

Set the GET field BEFORE calling buildOauth(); and everything else is the same:

```
$url = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/followers/ids.json';
$getfield = '?screen_name=J7mbo';
$requestMethod = 'GET';

$twitter = new TwitterAPIExchange($settings);
echo $twitter->setGetfield($getfield)
             ->buildOauth($url, $requestMethod)
             ->performRequest();

```

That is it! Really simple, works great with the 1.1 API. Thanks to @lackovic10 and @rivers on SO!

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