Dave Error
New member
I've been looking around the internet for a couple days now and I keep getting dragged through useless code examples and articles so maybe I should specify what it is I'm looking for.
I don't:
-Want to read through several pages worth of documentation about the Twitter API.
-Want anything to do with creating a web page using OAuth. I'm interested in running a stand-alone application on a server, not a web page with Twitter integration.
-Want to learn a whole new scripting language just for one project. I'm only a PHP developer at this point, and I'm not going to the trouble of learning Perl or Python just for this.
I do:
-Want a way to authenticate a command-line script to use a Twitter account, and since the TTYtter client exists, I know it can be done.
-Want the capability of searching for tweets non-anonymously, as well as searching for absolute terms. (ex. I searched for "bird is the word" and got back every post containing either "bird" or "word," but very few containing the full phrase)
-Want to use CURL sparingly, unless it is absolutely necessary. If a task can be handled with file_get_contents(), I'd rather use it because it's not dependent on external libraries.
Please, will someone help! I've all but given up on this.
I don't:
-Want to read through several pages worth of documentation about the Twitter API.
-Want anything to do with creating a web page using OAuth. I'm interested in running a stand-alone application on a server, not a web page with Twitter integration.
-Want to learn a whole new scripting language just for one project. I'm only a PHP developer at this point, and I'm not going to the trouble of learning Perl or Python just for this.
I do:
-Want a way to authenticate a command-line script to use a Twitter account, and since the TTYtter client exists, I know it can be done.
-Want the capability of searching for tweets non-anonymously, as well as searching for absolute terms. (ex. I searched for "bird is the word" and got back every post containing either "bird" or "word," but very few containing the full phrase)
-Want to use CURL sparingly, unless it is absolutely necessary. If a task can be handled with file_get_contents(), I'd rather use it because it's not dependent on external libraries.
Please, will someone help! I've all but given up on this.