Twitter API for Laravel 4/5
You need to create an application and create your access token in the Application Management.
Add thujohn/twitter to composer.json.
"thujohn/twitter": "~2.0"
Run composer update to pull down the latest version of Twitter.
Or run
composer require thujohn/twitter
Now open up /config/app.php and add the service provider to your providers array.
'providers' => [
'Thujohn\Twitter\TwitterServiceProvider',
]Now add the alias.
'aliases' => [
'Twitter' => 'Thujohn\Twitter\Facades\Twitter',
]The package now requires PHP >= 5.4.0
Facade has changed (Thujohn\Twitter\Facades\Twitter)
Config file has been updated (debug, UPLOAD_URL, ACCESS_TOKEN_URL, REQUEST_TOKEN_URL)
set_new_config() has been renamed reconfig()
Run php artisan config:publish thujohn/twitter and modify the config file with your own informations.
/app/config/packages/thujohn/twitter/config.php
Also, make sure to remove the env in the config file and replace it with your information.
Run php artisan vendor:publish and modify the config file with your own information.
/config/ttwitter.php
With Laravel 5, it's simple to edit the config.php file - in fact you don't even need to touch it! Just add the following to your .env file and you'll be on your way:
TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY =
TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET =
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN =
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET =
format : object|json|array (default:object)
Linkify : Transforms URLs, @usernames, hashtags into links. The type of $tweet can be object, array or text. By sending an object or an array the method will expand links (t.co) too.
Twitter::linkify($tweet);Ago : Converts date into difference (2 hours ago)
Twitter::ago($timestamp);LinkUser : Generates a link to a specific user, by their user object (such as $tweet->user), or id/string.
Twitter::linkUser($user);LinkTweet : Generates a link to a specific tweet.
Twitter::linkTweet($tweet);Returns a collection of the most recent Tweets posted by the user indicated by the screen_name or user_id parameters.
Route::get('/', function()
{
return Twitter::getUserTimeline(['screen_name' => 'thujohn', 'count' => 20, 'format' => 'json']);
});Returns a collection of the most recent Tweets and retweets posted by the authenticating user and the users they follow.
Route::get('/', function()
{
return Twitter::getHomeTimeline(['count' => 20, 'format' => 'json']);
});Returns the X most recent mentions (tweets containing a users's @screen_name) for the authenticating user.
Route::get('/', function()
{
return Twitter::getMentionsTimeline(['count' => 20, 'format' => 'json']);
});Updates the authenticating user's current status, also known as tweeting.
Route::get('/', function()
{
return Twitter::postTweet(['status' => 'Laravel is beautiful', 'format' => 'json']);
});Updates the authenticating user's current status with media.
Route::get('/', function()
{
$uploaded_media = Twitter::uploadMedia(['media' => File::get(public_path('filename.jpg'))]);
return Twitter::postTweet(['status' => 'Laravel is beautiful', 'media_ids' => $uploaded_media->media_id_string]);
});Sign in with twitter
Route::get('twitter/login', ['as' => 'twitter.login', function(){
// your SIGN IN WITH TWITTER button should point to this route
$sign_in_twitter = true;
$force_login = false;
// Make sure we make this request w/o tokens, overwrite the default values in case of login.
Twitter::reconfig(['token' => '', 'secret' => '']);
$token = Twitter::getRequestToken(route('twitter.callback'));
if (isset($token['oauth_token_secret']))
{
$url = Twitter::getAuthorizeURL($token, $sign_in_twitter, $force_login);
Session::put('oauth_state', 'start');
Session::put('oauth_request_token', $token['oauth_token']);
Session::put('oauth_request_token_secret', $token['oauth_token_secret']);
return Redirect::to($url);
}
return Redirect::route('twitter.error');
}]);
Route::get('twitter/callback', ['as' => 'twitter.callback', function() {
// You should set this route on your Twitter Application settings as the callback
// https://apps.twitter.com/app/YOUR-APP-ID/settings
if (Session::has('oauth_request_token'))
{
$request_token = [
'token' => Session::get('oauth_request_token'),
'secret' => Session::get('oauth_request_token_secret'),
];
Twitter::reconfig($request_token);
$oauth_verifier = false;
if (Input::has('oauth_verifier'))
{
$oauth_verifier = Input::get('oauth_verifier');
}
// getAccessToken() will reset the token for you
$token = Twitter::getAccessToken($oauth_verifier);
if (!isset($token['oauth_token_secret']))
{
return Redirect::route('twitter.login')->with('flash_error', 'We could not log you in on Twitter.');
}
$credentials = Twitter::getCredentials();
if (is_object($credentials) && !isset($credentials->error))
{
// $credentials contains the Twitter user object with all the info about the user.
// Add here your own user logic, store profiles, create new users on your tables...you name it!
// Typically you'll want to store at least, user id, name and access tokens
// if you want to be able to call the API on behalf of your users.
// This is also the moment to log in your users if you're using Laravel's Auth class
// Auth::login($user) should do the trick.
Session::put('access_token', $token);
return Redirect::to('/')->with('flash_notice', 'Congrats! You\'ve successfully signed in!');
}
return Redirect::route('twitter.error')->with('flash_error', 'Crab! Something went wrong while signing you up!');
}
}]);
Route::get('twitter/error', ['as' => 'twitter.error', function(){
// Something went wrong, add your own error handling here
}]);
Route::get('twitter/logout', ['as' => 'twitter.logout', function(){
Session::forget('access_token');
return Redirect::to('/')->with('flash_notice', 'You\'ve successfully logged out!');
}]);First activate debug in the config file.
Then you can access the logs() method.
try
{
$response = Twitter::getUserTimeline(['count' => 20, 'format' => 'array']);
}
catch (Exception $e)
{
dd(Twitter::logs());
}
dd($response);