This groundbreaking book provides you with the skills and resources necessary to build web applications for Twitter. Perfect for new and casual programmers intrigued by the world of microblogging, Twitter API: Up and Running carefully explains how each part of Twitter's API works, with detailed examples that show you how to assemble those building blocks into practical and fun web applications. You'll also get a complete look at Twitter culture and learn how it has inspired programmers to build hundreds of tools and applications. With this book, you will: * Explore every component of a Twitter application and learn how the API responds * Get the PHP and MySQL code necessary to build your own applications, with explanations of how these ingredients work * Learn from real-world Twitter applications created just for this book * Discover the most interesting and useful Twitter programs--and get ideas for creating your own--with the book's Twitter application directory Twitter offers a new way to connect with people on the Internet, and Twitter API: Up and Running takes you right to the heart of this technology. "Twitter API: Up and Running is a friendly, accessible introduction to the Twitter API. Even beginning web developers can have a working Twitter project before they know it. Sit down with this for a weekend and you're on your way to Twitter API mastery."--Alex Payne, Twitter API Lead "Twitter API: Up and Running is a very comprehensive and useful resource--any developer will feel the urge to code a Twitter-related application right after finishing the book!"--The Lollicode team, creators of Twitscoop

Kevin Makice is currently a Ph.D. student at the Indiana University School of Informatics, the first such doctoral program in the nation. His research interests center around local use of technology and the application of relational psychology to complexity and design. Prior to completing his Masters of Science in Human-Computer Interaction in 2006, Kevin was the primary Internet programmer for TicketsNow, a clearinghouse for sports, theatre, and entertainment tickets available in the secondary market. Along with three others, he won the CHI 2005 student competition by designing a concept for ad-hoc volunteering system for elderly residents in assisted-living centers. Past research includes political wikis, tangible interfaces for children's games, machinima, and network analysis of ball movement in basketball. Much of his blogging and academic efforts over the past year has focused on exploring Twitter as a means of community building.

Inhaltsverzeichnis * Preface * Who This Book Is For * How This Book Is Organized * Conventions Used in This Book * Using Code Examples * Safari Books Online * We¿d Like to Hear from You * Acknowledgments * Chapter 1Hello Twitter * What Are You Doing? * History of Twitter * Creative Uses of Twitter * A Changing Culture * Chapter 2Twitter Applications * Twitter¿s Open API * Finding Inspiration * Tools for Publishing * Tools for the Information Stream * Tools of Appropriation * Tools for Search * Tools of Aggregation * Tools for Statistics * Tools for the Follow Network * And Many More * Chapter 3Web Programming Basics * XHTML * CSS * PHP * MySQL * A Place to Call /home * Further Reading * Chapter 4Meet the Twitter API * Accessing the API * Play Along at Home * The API Methods * Other Data Options * Gone Phishing: A Word About Passwords * Chapter 5Meet the Output * User Objects * Status Objects * Message Objects * Search Objects * ID Objects * Response Objects * Hash Objects * Chapter 6Application Setup * Establishing Your Twitter Account * Creating Your Database * Included Functions * CSS * Chapter 7Sample Applications * Meet the Sample Apps * Administration Tool * Tweet Publisher * Auto Tweet * Tweet Broadcast * Broadcast Feed * Tweet Alert * Network Viewer * Best of Twitter API * Chapter 8Automated Tasks * RSS to Tweet * Aggregate Broadcast * Scan Tweets * Queue Users * Collect Favorites * Twitter API Reference * Status Methods * Users Methods * Direct Message Methods * Friendship Methods * Social Graph Methods * Account Methods * Favorite Methods * Notification Methods * Block Methods * Help Methods * Search Methods * Colophon

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