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

Official documentation: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/tweets/timelines/api-reference/get-statuses-user_timeline

$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

Official documentation: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/tweets/search/api-reference/get-search-tweets

$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

Official documentation: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/tweets/post-and-engage/api-reference/post-statuses-destroy-id

$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

Official documentation: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/tweets/search/api-reference/get-search-tweets

$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

Official documentation: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/tweets/search/guides/standard-operators

$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));