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September 10, 2013
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App Installs and Deep-Linking Introduction One of the most important features in the new Cards is the ability to allow users to download your app (if the user doesn't already have it installed), or deep-link into your own app (if the app is already installed on the user's mobile device). The ability to enable app installs...
September 8, 2013
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Developer Display Requirements Introduction The power of Twitter is in the network of people using it, and its ability to bring users closer to what's most meaningful to them. When we first launched, Tweets were simple 140 character updates. However, as Twitter evolved, so too has the way that users view and interact with...
September 6, 2013
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Certified Products English | 日本語 Certified Products Product Description Badge Adobe Social Adobe Social connects the dots between social interactions and business results, enabling marketers to demonstrate social impact at every stage of the...
September 5, 2013
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Implementing the Twitter OAuth flow in Android Overview Add required permissions First, let's add permission to access the internet to our app. In the "Package Explorer" pane, double-click the AndroidManifest.xml. Select the "Permissions" tab, then press the "Add..." button. Select a "uses-permission". In the "Attributes for Uses Permission...
September 4, 2013
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Is there an Advertising API for posting ads to Twitter? Twitter has announced it's Ads API on February 20th, 2013 - https://blog.twitter.com/2013/announcing-twitter-ads-api. If you are interested in integrating the Twitter Ads API please review the Twitter Ads API program for details and conditions to apply - https://dev.twitter.com/programs/ads-api....
August 28, 2013
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GET statuses/retweets/:id Returns a collection of the 100 most recent retweets of the tweet specified by the id parameter.
August 27, 2013
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Developer Rules of the Road Last Update: July 2, 2013. Rules of the Road Twitter maintains an open platform that supports the millions of people around the world who are sharing and discovering what's happening now. We want to empower our ecosystem partners to build valuable businesses around the information flowing...
August 26, 2013
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GET site Streams messages for a set of users, as described in Site streams.
GET user Streams messages for a single user, as described in User streams.
Streaming API request parameters Use the following request parameters to define what data is returned by the Streaming API endpoints: delimited stall_warnings filter_level language follow track locations count with replies stringify_friend_ids delimited This parameter may be used on all streaming...
August 21, 2013
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GET geo/search Search for places that can be attached to a statuses/update. Given a latitude and a longitude pair, an IP address, or a name, this request will return a list of all the valid places that can be used as the place_id when updating a status. Conceptually, a query can be made from the user's location...
August 19, 2013
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Photo Card The Photo Card puts the image front and center in the Tweet: Web Mobile To define a photo card experience, set your card type to "photo" and provide a twitter:image. Twitter...
August 16, 2013
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User Profile Images and Banners Profile Images Profile images (or avatars) are an important component of a Twitter account's expression of identity. To upload an avatar on behalf of a user, use POST account/update_profile_image. Alternative image sizes for user profile images You can obtain a user's most recent profile image,...
Cards Markup Tag Reference The table in this section explains the OpenGraph fallback behavior for each Twitter tag. Overview of all Twitter Card Tags Property Card Value OpenGraph Fallback twitter:card all summary,...
GET users/profile_banner Returns a map of the available size variations of the specified user's profile banner. If the user has not uploaded a profile banner, a HTTP 404 will be served instead. This method can be used instead of string manipulation on the profile_banner_url returned in user objects as described in User...
Twitter Cards Introduction Twitter cards make it possible for you to attach media experiences to Tweets that link to your content. Simply add a few lines of HTML to your webpages, and users who Tweet links to your content will have a "card" added to the Tweet that’s visible to all of their followers....
August 13, 2013
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Tweets Tweets are the basic atomic building block of all things Twitter. Users tweet Tweets, also known more generically as "status updates." Tweets can be embedded, replied to, favorited, unfavorited and deleted. The "http://" at the beginning of URLs is a command to the browser. It...
Embedded Timelines English | 日本語 Overview Embeddable timelines make it easy to syndicate any public Twitter timeline to your website with one line of code. Just like timelines on twitter.com, embeddable timelines are interactive and enable your visitors to reply, Retweet, and favorite Tweets directly from your...
August 11, 2013
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Tweet Button FAQ Which browsers does the Tweet Button support? Does the Tweet Button support other languages? What are the dimensions of the Tweet Button and Share Box? What happens if twitter.com has an error or is over capacity? I want to use multiple Tweet Buttons on my page. Is there anything I should...
August 1, 2013
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Why can I successfully make GET REST API requests but not POSTs? If you've managed to get OAuth 1.0A signing working for GET-based requests but are finding that it's more difficult to make POST requests, such as to POST statuses/update, there are a few things to investigate first: Only applications and access tokens with read-write permissions or above can...