Twitter API PHP Wiki

The following are example requests to make, assuming you have set up your settings array appropriately and have followed the instructions on this page correctly.

Basic Examples

Get a user's tweets - Documentation Link

$url = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/user_timeline.json';
$getfield = '?screen_name=j7mbo';
$requestMethod = 'GET';

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

Search global tweets for a hashtag - Documentation Link

$url = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/search/tweets.json';
$getfield = '?q=#nerd';
$requestMethod = 'GET';

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

Delete a tweet Documentation Link

$url = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/destroy/YOURIDHERE.json';
$postfields = array('id' => 'YOURIDHERE');
$requestMethod = 'POST';

$twitter = new TwitterAPIExchange($settings);
$response =  $twitter->buildOauth($url, $requestMethod)
                 ->setPostfields($postfields)
                 ->performRequest();
var_dump(json_decode($response));

Searching using a geocode - Documentation Link

$url = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/search/tweets.json';
$requestMethod = 'GET';

$getfield = '?q=test&geocode=37.781157,-122.398720,1mi&count=100";';

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

Advanced Examples

Search for multiple users, multiple hashtags - Documentation Link

$url = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/search/tweets.json';
$requestMethod = 'GET';

$getfield = '?q=#hashtag1+OR+#hashtag2+from:username1+OR+from:username2';

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