php-twitter-aggregator

This script uses the twitter-api-php library to retrieve twitter feeds, aggregate them and cache them. If included in a WordPress theme or plugin, it'll find the WP functions, and the cache folder will be put into the uploads folder. Enough ado, here's a sample integration.

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Install via Composer

composer require wp-pure/twitter-aggregator

Include composer's autoloader:

require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

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Obtain Twitter API Keys

Check out the URL below to create a Twitter app and get your keys to use their API.

https://dev.twitter.com/apps/new

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Code Examples

Instantiate

// generate an aggregator object
$ta = new twitterAggregator( array(

	// twitter API consumer key, secret, and oath token and oauth secret
    'consumer_key' => "[CONSUMER KEY]",
    'consumer_secret' => "[CONSUMER SECRET]",
    'oauth_access_token' => "[OAUTH ACCESS TOKEN]",
    'oauth_access_token_secret' => "[OAUTH ACCESS TOKEN SECRET]",

    // comma separated list of twitter handles to pull
    'usernames' => "[TWITTER USERNAMES]",

    // set the number of tweets to show
    'count' => 10,

	// set an update interval (minutes)
    'update_interval' => 10,

    // set the cache directory name/path
    'cache_dir' => 'cache',

    // boolean, exclude replies, default true
    'exclude_replies' => true,

    // boolean, include retweets, default true
    'include_rts' => true

) );

Methods:

There are multiple ways to use the aggregator once it's instantiated. You can display it, with or without styles, or retrieve the widget code.

// display the widget
$ta->display();

// display the widget without any styles
$ta->display_unstyled();

// fetch the widget code
$code = $ta->widget();

// fetch data
$data = $ta->fetch();

If you'd like to directly access the api response data (not limited by the count option), use the $ta->data property after the aggregator object is instantiated.

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Developed by James Pederson.