NAME

Twitter - use Twitter via Perl 6

SYNOPSIS

use Twitter;
my Twitter $t .= new:
    consumer-key        => 'drH7437T55HSV266UJ77TxhoT',
    consumer-secret     => 'zwilaza95yh2Gvowoadddp8dXWCJvvv68cbevxxx1eEar8Doht',
	access-token        => '7171fff60942444633-Aiv9Tczx4tXrrfcKCvvvUqORQbax35R',
	access-token-secret => 'uSFfXcvfdeghbfdhNsU9x16Ujwf0waIx1P0aHL59342Av';

$t.tweet: 'My first ever Perl6 Tweet!';

DESCRIPTION

This module lets you use Twitter from Perl 6 as well as implements Twitter's REST API for those who want to use API methods directly.

EARLY ACCESS RELEASE

This release aims to both give those who want little something to use as well as avoid potential wheel reinvention, since this module already takes care of the OAuth roadblock.

The plan for the interface is pretty straightforward as well. The Twitter module will provide means to use Twitter from Perl 6 with some convenient methods. The Twitter::API role is composed into Twitter to allow a more refined control; its methods will follow Twitter's API naming, with slashes in REST API methods changed to hyphens.

Error checking will be done by this distribution with fail on errors, and returning decoded JSON response as is on success.

METHODS

new

my Twitter $t .= new:
    consumer-key        => 'drH7437T55HSV266UJ77TxhoT',
    consumer-secret     => 'zwilaza95yh2Gvowoadddp8dXWCJvvv68cbevxxx1eEar8Doht',
    access-token        => '7171fff60942444633-Aiv9Tczx4tXrrfcKCvvvUqORQbax35R',
    access-token-secret => 'uSFfXcvfdeghbfdhNsU9x16Ujwf0waIx1P0aHL59342Av';

Constructs and returns a new Twitter object. Takes four mandatory arguments: consumer-key, consumer-secret, access-token, and access-token-secret. To obtain those four keys, you need to log in to Twitter and visit https://apps.twitter.com/. Then, click the Create New App button and follow instructions. Once your app is set up, click on its Keys and Access Tokens tabs. The consumer key and consumer secret will be available, but you'll have to click the button at the bottom of the page to generate access keys. Use the values provided on that page for the arguments.

tweet

    $t.tweet: 'Hello, world!';

Takes one mandatory positional argument: the string to tweet. At the moment, no length checking is done. fails on failure. On success, returns decoded JSON returned by Twitter.

direct-message

    $t.direct-message: 'I ♥ You!', :name<Zoffix>;
    $t.direct-message: 'I ♥ You!', :id<123684986>;

Takes a positional argument with the text of the direct message and sends it to the user identified by the :$name argument (user's screen name) or the :$id argument (user's ID).

search

    my @tweets = $t.search: q{"Perl 6" :)};

Performs a search for tweets and returns an array of hashes that represent results. Supports all of features listed in Query Operators section of the API.

Will return at most 100 results. If you need more refined control, see .search-tweets method in Twitter::API (docs are included in the module file).

Sample return data:

[
  {
    created_at => "Wed Apr 13 23:00:02 +0000 2016".Str,
    text       => "\@eerie_descent Perl 6 is trying… at least. :-)".Str,
    url        => "https://twitter.com/statuses/720386089161244672".Str,
    user       => "\@furt1v3ly".Str,
  },
  ...
]

REPOSITORY

Fork this module on GitHub: https://github.com/zoffixznet/perl6-Twitter

BUGS

To report bugs or request features, please use https://github.com/zoffixznet/perl6-Twitter/issues

AUTHOR

Zoffix Znet (http://zoffix.com/)

LICENSE

You can use and distribute this module under the terms of the The Artistic License 2.0. See the LICENSE file included in this distribution for complete details.