Summary: Configuration | Message Processors | Message Sources

org.mule.modules

mule-module-twitter

2.4.1

Namespace	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/twitter
Schema Location	http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/twitter/2.3/mule-twitter.xsd
Version	2.3
Minimum Mule Version	3.2

Module Overview

Twitter is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, known as "tweets".

Summary

Configuration
<twitter:config> Configure an instance of this module

Message Processors
<twitter:create-place> Creates a new place at the given latitude and longitude.
<twitter:destroy-status> Destroys the status specified by the required ID parameter.
<twitter:get-current-trends> Returns the current top 10 trending topics on Twitter.
<twitter:get-daily-trends> Returns the top 20 trending topics for each hour in a given day.
<twitter:get-geo-details> Find out more details of a place that was returned from the reverseGeoCode operation.
<twitter:get-home-timeline> Returns the 20 most recent statuses, including retweets, posted by the authenticating user and that user's friends.
<twitter:get-mentions> Returns the 20 most recent mentions (status containing @username) for the authenticating user.
<twitter:get-public-timeline> Returns the 20 most recent statuses from non-protected users who have set a custom user icon.
<twitter:get-retweeted-by> Show user objects of up to 100 members who retweeted the status.
<twitter:get-retweeted-by-i-ds> Show user ids of up to 100 users who retweeted the status represented by id This method calls http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/:id/retweeted_by/ids.format
<twitter:get-retweeted-by-me> Returns the 20 most recent retweets posted by the authenticating user.
<twitter:get-retweeted-by-user-by-screen-name> Returns the 20 most recent retweets posted by the specified user.
<twitter:get-retweeted-by-user-by-user-id> Returns the 20 most recent retweets posted by the specified user.
<twitter:get-retweeted-to-me> Returns the 20 most recent retweets posted by the authenticating user's friends.
<twitter:get-retweeted-to-user-by-screen-name> Returns the 20 most recent retweets posted by users the specified user follows.
<twitter:get-retweeted-to-user-by-user-id> Returns the 20 most recent retweets posted by users the specified user follows.
<twitter:get-retweets> Returns up to 100 of the first retweets of a given tweet.
<twitter:get-retweets-of-me> Returns the 20 most recent tweets of the authenticated user that have been retweeted by others.
<twitter:get-trends> Returns the top ten topics that are currently trending on Twitter.
<twitter:get-user-timeline> Returns the 20 most recent statuses posted from the authenticating user.
<twitter:get-user-timeline-by-screen-name> Returns the 20 most recent statuses posted from the authenticating user.
<twitter:get-user-timeline-by-user-id> Returns the 20 most recent statuses posted from the authenticating user.
<twitter:get-weekly-trends> Returns the top 30 trending topics for each day in a given week.
<twitter:request-authorization> Start the OAuth request authorization process.
<twitter:retweet-status> Retweets a tweet.
<twitter:reverse-geo-code> Search for places (cities and neighborhoods) that can be attached to a statuses/update.
<twitter:search> Returns tweets that match a specified query.
<twitter:search-places> Search for places that can be attached to a statuses/update.
<twitter:send-direct-message-by-screen-name> Sends a new direct message to the specified user from the authenticating user.
<twitter:send-direct-message-by-user-id> Sends a new direct message to the specified user from the authenticating user.
<twitter:set-oauth-verifier> Set the OAuth verifier after it has been retrieved via requestAuthorization.
<twitter:show-status> Returns a single status, specified by the id parameter below.
<twitter:show-user> Answers user information for the authenticated user
<twitter:update-status> Updates the authenticating user's status.

Message Sources
<twitter:filtered-stream> Asynchronously retrieves public statuses that match one or more filter predicates.
<twitter:firehose-stream> Asynchronously retrieves all public statuses.
<twitter:link-stream> Asynchronously retrieves all statuses containing 'http:' and 'https:'.
<twitter:sample-stream> Asynchronously retrieves a random sample of all public statuses.
<twitter:site-stream> Asynchronously retrieves statutes for a set of supplied user's ids.
<twitter:user-stream> Retrieves the following user updates notifications: - New Statuses - Block/Unblock events - Follow events - User profile updates - Retweets - List creation/deletion - List member addition/remotion - List subscription/unsubscription - List updates - Profile updates Such notifications are represented as org.mule.twitter.UserEvent objects Only one Twitter stream can be consumed using the same credentials.

Configuration

To use the this module within a flow the namespace to the module must be included. The resulting flow will look similar to the following:

<mule xmlns="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core"
      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
      xmlns:twitter="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/twitter"
      xsi:schemaLocation="
               http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core
               http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core/current/mule.xsd
               http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/twitter
               http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/twitter/2.3/mule-twitter.xsd">

      <!-- here goes your flows and configuration elements -->

</mule>

This module is configured using the config element. This element must be placed outside of your flows and at the root of your Mule application. You can create as many configurations as you deem necesary as long as each carries its own name.

Each message processor, message source or transformer carries a config-ref attribute that allows the invoker to specify which configuration to use.

Attributes
Type	Name	Default Value	Description
xs:string	name		Optional. Give a name to this configuration so it can be later referenced.
xs:string	accessKey		Optional. The access key provided by Twitter
xs:string	accessSecret		Optional. The access secret provided by Twitter
xs:string	consumerKey		The consumer key used by this application
xs:string	consumerSecret		The consumer key secret by this application
xs:string	proxyHost		Optional. Proxy host
xs:string	proxyPassword		Optional. Proxy password
xs:int	proxyPort	-1	Optional. Proxy port
xs:string	proxyUsername		Optional. Proxy username
xs:boolean	useSSL	true	Optional. Whether to use SSL in API calls to Twitter

Message Processors

<twitter:create-place>

Creates a new place at the given latitude and longitude.

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
name		The name a place is known as.
containedWithin		The place_id within which the new place can be found. Try and be as close as possible with the containing place. For example, for a room in a building, set the contained_within as the building place_id.
token		The token found in the response from geo/similar_places.
latitude		The latitude the place is located at.
longitude		The longitude the place is located at.
streetAddress		Optional. Optional: This parameter searches for places which have this given street address. There are other well-known, and application specific attributes available. Custom attributes are also permitted. Learn more about Place Attributes.

Child Elements

Return Payload

a new Place

Exception Payload

TwitterException

<twitter:destroy-status>

Destroys the status specified by the required ID parameter.
Usage note: The authenticating user must be the author of the specified status.
This method calls http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/destroy

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
statusId		The ID of the status to destroy.

Child Elements

Return Payload

the deleted Status

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:get-current-trends>

Returns the current top 10 trending topics on Twitter. The response includes the time of the request, the name of each trending topic, and query used on Twitter Search results page for that topic.

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
excludeHashtags		Optional. Whether all hashtags shoudl be removed from the trends list.

Child Elements

Return Payload

a Trends object

Exception Payload

TwitterException

<twitter:get-daily-trends>

Returns the top 20 trending topics for each hour in a given day.

XML Sample

INCLUDE_ERROR

Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
date		Optional. Starting date of daily trends. If no date is specified, current date is used
excludeHashTags		Optional. Whether hashtags should be excluded

Child Elements

Return Payload

a list of Trends objects

Exception Payload

TwitterException

<twitter:get-geo-details>

Find out more details of a place that was returned from the reverseGeoCode operation.

XML Sample

INCLUDE_ERROR

Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
id		The ID of the location to query about.

Child Elements

Return Payload

a Place

Exception Payload

TwitterException

<twitter:get-home-timeline>

Returns the 20 most recent statuses, including retweets, posted by the authenticating user and that user's friends. This is the equivalent of /timeline/home on the Web.
Usage note: This home_timeline call is identical to statuses/friends_timeline, except that home_timeline also contains retweets, while statuses/friends_timeline does not for backwards compatibility reasons. In a future version of the API, statuses/friends_timeline will be deprected and replaced by home_timeline.
This method calls http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/home_timeline

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
page	1	Specifies the page of results to retrieve.
count	100	Specifies the number of records to retrieve. Must be less than or equal to 200.
sinceId	-1	Returns results with an ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID. There are limits to the number of Tweets which can be accessed through the API. If the limit of Tweets has occured since the since_id, the since_id will be forced to the oldest ID available.

Child Elements

Return Payload

list of Status of the home Timeline

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:get-mentions>

Returns the 20 most recent mentions (status containing @username) for the authenticating user.
This method calls http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/mentions

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
page	1	Specifies the page of results to retrieve.
count	100	Specifies the number of tweets to try and retrieve, up to a maximum of 200. The value of count is best thought of as a limit to the number of tweets to return because suspended or deleted content is removed after the count has been applied.
sinceId	-1	Returns results with an ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID. There are limits to the number of Tweets which can be accessed through the API. If the limit of Tweets has occured since the since_id, the since_id will be forced to the oldest ID available.

Child Elements

Return Payload

the 20 most recent mentions (Status containing @username) for the authenticating user.

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:get-public-timeline>

Returns the 20 most recent statuses from non-protected users who have set a custom user icon. The public timeline is cached for 60 seconds and requesting it more often than that is unproductive and a waste of resources.
This method calls http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/public_timeline

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.

Child Elements

Return Payload

list of Status of the Public Timeline

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:get-retweeted-by>

Show user objects of up to 100 members who retweeted the status.
This method calls http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/:id/retweeted_by

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
statusId		The ID of the status you want to get retweeters of
page	1	Specifies the page of results to retrieve.
count	100	Specifies the number of tweets to try and retrieve, up to a maximum of 200. The value of count is best thought of as a limit to the number of tweets to return because suspended or deleted content is removed after the count has been applied.
sinceId	-1	Returns results with an ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID. There are limits to the number of Tweets which can be accessed through the API. If the limit of Tweets has occured since the since_id, the since_id will be forced to the oldest ID available.

Child Elements

Return Payload

the list of User who retweeted your status

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:get-retweeted-by-i-ds>

Show user ids of up to 100 users who retweeted the status represented by id
This method calls http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/:id/retweeted_by/ids.format

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
statusId		The ID of the status you want to get retweeters of
page	1	Specifies the page of results to retrieve.
count	100	Specifies the number of tweets to try and retrieve, up to a maximum of 200. The value of count is best thought of as a limit to the number of tweets to return because suspended or deleted content is removed after the count has been applied.
sinceId	-1	Returns results with an ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID. There are limits to the number of Tweets which can be accessed through the API. If the limit of Tweets has occured since the since_id, the since_id will be forced to the oldest ID available.

Child Elements

Return Payload

IDs of users who retweeted the stats

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:get-retweeted-by-me>

Returns the 20 most recent retweets posted by the authenticating user.
This method calls http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/retweeted_by_me

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
page	1	Specifies the page of results to retrieve.
count	100	Specifies the number of tweets to try and retrieve, up to a maximum of 200. The value of count is best thought of as a limit to the number of tweets to return because suspended or deleted content is removed after the count has been applied.
sinceId	-1	Returns results with an ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID. There are limits to the number of Tweets which can be accessed through the API. If the limit of Tweets has occured since the since_id, the since_id will be forced to the oldest ID available.

Child Elements

Return Payload

the 20 most recent retweets (Status) posted by the authenticating user

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:get-retweeted-by-user-by-screen-name>

Returns the 20 most recent retweets posted by the specified user. This method is identical to statuses/retweeted_by_me except you can choose the user to view.
This method has not been finalized and the interface is subject to change in incompatible ways.
This method calls http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/retweeted_by_user

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
screenName		The user to view
page	1	Specifies the page of results to retrieve.
count	100	Specifies the number of tweets to try and retrieve, up to a maximum of 200. The value of count is best thought of as a limit to the number of tweets to return because suspended or deleted content is removed after the count has been applied.
sinceId	-1	Returns results with an ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID. There are limits to the number of Tweets which can be accessed through the API. If the limit of Tweets has occured since the since_id, the since_id will be forced to the oldest ID available.

Child Elements

Return Payload

the 20 most recent retweets (Status) posted by the authenticating user

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:get-retweeted-by-user-by-user-id>

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
userId		The user to view
page	1	Specifies the page of results to retrieve.
count	100	Specifies the number of tweets to try and retrieve, up to a maximum of 200. The value of count is best thought of as a limit to the number of tweets to return because suspended or deleted content is removed after the count has been applied.
sinceId	-1	Returns results with an ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID. There are limits to the number of Tweets which can be accessed through the API. If the limit of Tweets has occured since the since_id, the since_id will be forced to the oldest ID available.

Child Elements

Return Payload

the 20 most recent retweets (Status) posted by the authenticating user

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:get-retweeted-to-me>

Returns the 20 most recent retweets posted by the authenticating user's friends.
This method calls http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/retweeted_to_me

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
page	1	Specifies the page of results to retrieve.
count	100	Specifies the number of tweets to try and retrieve, up to a maximum of 200. The value of count is best thought of as a limit to the number of tweets to return because suspended or deleted content is removed after the count has been applied.
sinceId	-1	Returns results with an ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID. There are limits to the number of Tweets which can be accessed through the API. If the limit of Tweets has occured since the since_id, the since_id will be forced to the oldest ID available.

Child Elements

Return Payload

the 20 most recent retweets (Status) posted by the authenticating user's friends.

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:get-retweeted-to-user-by-screen-name>

Returns the 20 most recent retweets posted by users the specified user follows. This method is identical to statuses/retweeted_to_me except you can choose the user to view.
This method has not been finalized and the interface is subject to change in incompatible ways.
This method calls http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/retweeted_to_user

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
screenName		The user to view
page	1	Specifies the page of results to retrieve.
count	100	Specifies the number of tweets to try and retrieve, up to a maximum of 200. The value of count is best thought of as a limit to the number of tweets to return because suspended or deleted content is removed after the count has been applied.
sinceId	-1	Returns results with an ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID. There are limits to the number of Tweets which can be accessed through the API. If the limit of Tweets has occured since the since_id, the since_id will be forced to the oldest ID available.

Child Elements

Return Payload

the 20 most recent retweets (Status) posted by the authenticating user's friends.

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:get-retweeted-to-user-by-user-id>

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
userId		The user to view
page	1	Specifies the page of results to retrieve.
count	100	Specifies the number of tweets to try and retrieve, up to a maximum of 200. The value of count is best thought of as a limit to the number of tweets to return because suspended or deleted content is removed after the count has been applied.
sinceId	-1	Returns results with an ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID. There are limits to the number of Tweets which can be accessed through the API. If the limit of Tweets has occured since the since_id, the since_id will be forced to the oldest ID available.

Child Elements

Return Payload

the 20 most recent retweets (Status) posted by the authenticating user's friends.

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:get-retweets>

Returns up to 100 of the first retweets of a given tweet.
This method calls http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/retweets

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
statusId		The numerical ID of the tweet you want the retweets of.

Child Elements

Return Payload

the retweets (Status) of a given tweet

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:get-retweets-of-me>

Returns the 20 most recent tweets of the authenticated user that have been retweeted by others.
This method calls http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/retweets_of_me

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
page	1	Specifies the page of results to retrieve.
count	100	Specifies the number of tweets to try and retrieve, up to a maximum of 200. The value of count is best thought of as a limit to the number of tweets to return because suspended or deleted content is removed after the count has been applied.
sinceId	-1	Returns results with an ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID. There are limits to the number of Tweets which can be accessed through the API. If the limit of Tweets has occured since the since_id, the since_id will be forced to the oldest ID available.

Child Elements

Return Payload

the 20 most recent tweets (Status)of the authenticated user that have been retweeted by others.

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:get-trends>

Returns the top ten topics that are currently trending on Twitter. The response includes the time of the request, the name of each trend, and the url to the Twitter Search results page for that topic.

XML Sample

INCLUDE_ERROR

Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.

Child Elements

Return Payload

a Trends object

Exception Payload

TwitterException

<twitter:get-user-timeline>

Returns the 20 most recent statuses posted from the authenticating user. It's also possible to request another user's timeline via the id parameter.
This is the equivalent of the Web / page for your own user, or the profile page for a third party.
For backwards compatibility reasons, retweets are stripped out of the user_timeline when calling in XML or JSON (they appear with 'RT' in RSS and Atom). If you'd like them included, you can merge them in from statuses retweeted_by_me.

This method calls http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.json

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
page	1	Specifies the page of results to retrieve.
count	100	Specifies the number of tweets to try and retrieve, up to a maximum of 200. The value of count is best thought of as a limit to the number of tweets to return because suspended or deleted content is removed after the count has been applied.
sinceId	-1	Returns results with an ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID. There are limits to the number of Tweets which can be accessed through the API. If the limit of Tweets has occured since the since_id, the since_id will be forced to the oldest ID available.

Child Elements

Return Payload

list of Status the user Timeline

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:get-user-timeline-by-screen-name>

XML Sample

INCLUDE_ERROR

Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
screenName		The screen name of the user for whom to return results for
page	1	Specifies the page of results to retrieve.
count	100	Specifies the number of tweets to try and retrieve, up to a maximum of 200. The value of count is best thought of as a limit to the number of tweets to return because suspended or deleted content is removed after the count has been applied.
sinceId	-1	Returns results with an ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID. There are limits to the number of Tweets which can be accessed through the API. If the limit of Tweets has occured since the since_id, the since_id will be forced to the oldest ID available.

Child Elements

Return Payload

list of Status of the user Timeline

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:get-user-timeline-by-user-id>

XML Sample

INCLUDE_ERROR

Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
userId		Specifies the ID of the user for whom to return the user_timeline
page	1	Specifies the page of results to retrieve.
count	100	Specifies the number of tweets to try and retrieve, up to a maximum of 200. The value of count is best thought of as a limit to the number of tweets to return because suspended or deleted content is removed after the count has been applied.
sinceId	-1	Returns results with an ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID. There are limits to the number of Tweets which can be accessed through the API. If the limit of Tweets has occured since the since_id, the since_id will be forced to the oldest ID available.

Child Elements

Return Payload

list of Status of the user Timeline

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:get-weekly-trends>

Returns the top 30 trending topics for each day in a given week.

XML Sample

INCLUDE_ERROR

Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
date		Optional. Starting date of daily trends. If no date is specified, current date is used
excludeHashTags		Optional. If all hashtags should be removed from the trends list.

Child Elements

Return Payload

a list of Trends objects

Exception Payload

TwitterException

<twitter:request-authorization>

Start the OAuth request authorization process.

XML Sample

INCLUDE_ERROR

Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.

Child Elements

Return Payload

The user authorization URL.

Exception Payload

TwitterException

<twitter:retweet-status>

Retweets a tweet. Returns the original tweet with retweet details embedded.
This method calls http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/retweet

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
statusId		The ID of the status to retweet.

Child Elements

Return Payload

the retweeted Status

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:reverse-geo-code>

Search for places (cities and neighborhoods) that can be attached to a statuses/update. Given a latitude and a longitude, return a list of all the valid places that can be used as a place_id when updating a status. Conceptually, a query can be made from the user's location, retrieve a list of places, have the user validate the location he or she is at, and then send the ID of this location up with a call to statuses/update.
There are multiple granularities of places that can be returned -- "neighborhoods", "cities", etc. At this time, only United States data is available through this method.

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
latitude		Optional. Latitude coordinate. Mandatory if ip is not specified
longitude		Optional. Longitude coordinate.
ip		Optional. The ip. Mandatory if coordinates are not specified

Child Elements

Return Payload

a ResponseList of Place

Exception Payload

TwitterException

<twitter:search>

Returns tweets that match a specified query.

This method calls http://search.twitter.com/search.json

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
query		The search query.

Child Elements

Return Payload

the QueryResult

Exception Payload

TwitterException

<twitter:search-places>

Search for places that can be attached to a statuses/update. Given a latitude and a longitude pair, or and IP address, this request will return a list of all the valid places that can be used as the place_id when updating a status.

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
latitude		Optional. Latitude coordinate. Mandatory if ip is not specified
longitude		Optional. Longitude coordinate.
ip		Optional. The ip. Mandatory if coordinates are not specified

Child Elements

Return Payload

a ResponseList of Place

Exception Payload

TwitterException

<twitter:send-direct-message-by-screen-name>

Sends a new direct message to the specified user from the authenticating user. Requires both the user and text parameters below. The text will be trimmed if the length of the text is exceeding 140 characters.

XML Sample

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Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
screenName		The screen name of the user to whom send the direct message
message		The text of your direct message

Child Elements

Return Payload

the DirectMessage

Exception Payload

TwitterException

<twitter:send-direct-message-by-user-id>

XML Sample

INCLUDE_ERROR

Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
userId		The user ID of the user to whom send the direct message
message		The text of your direct message

Child Elements

Return Payload

the DirectMessage

Exception Payload

TwitterException

<twitter:set-oauth-verifier>

Set the OAuth verifier after it has been retrieved via requestAuthorization. The resulting access tokens will be logged to the INFO level so the user can reuse them as part of the configuration in the future if desired.

XML Sample

INCLUDE_ERROR

Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
oauthVerifier		The OAuth verifier code from Twitter.

Child Elements

Exception Payload

TwitterException

<twitter:show-status>

Returns a single status, specified by the id parameter below. The status's author will be returned inline.
This method calls http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/show

XML Sample

INCLUDE_ERROR

Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
id		The numerical ID of the status you're trying to retrieve

Child Elements

Return Payload

a single Status

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

<twitter:show-user>

Answers user information for the authenticated user

XML Sample

INCLUDE_ERROR

Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.

Child Elements

Return Payload

a User object

Exception Payload

TwitterException

<twitter:update-status>

Updates the authenticating user's status. A status update with text identical to the authenticating user's text identical to the authenticating user's current status will be ignored to prevent duplicates.
This method calls http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/update

XML Sample

INCLUDE_ERROR

Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
status		The text of your status update
inReplyTo	-1	The ID of an existing status that the update is in reply to.
latitude		Optional. The latitude of the location this tweet refers to. This parameter will be ignored unless it is inside the range -90.0 to +90.0 (North is positive) inclusive.
longitude		Optional. He longitude of the location this tweet refers to. The valid ranges for longitude is -180.0 to +180.0 (East is positive) inclusive. This parameter will be ignored if outside that range or if there not a corresponding lat parameter.

Child Elements

Return Payload

the latest Status

Exception Payload

TwitterException	when Twitter service or network is unavailable

Message Sources

<twitter:filtered-stream>

Asynchronously retrieves public statuses that match one or more filter predicates.

At least a keyword or userId must be specified. Multiple parameters may be specified.

Placing long parameters in the URL may cause the request to be rejected for excessive URL length.

The default access level allows up to 200 track keywords and 400 follow userids.

Only one Twitter stream can be consumed using the same credentials. As a consequence, only one twitter stream can be consumed per connector instance.

XML Sample

INCLUDE_ERROR

Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
count		Optional. The number of previous statuses to stream before transitioning to the live stream.
callback		The SourceCallback used to dispatch messages when a response is received

Child Elements

<twitter:userIds> Optional. The user ids to follow
<twitter:keywords> Optional. The keywords to track

<twitter:firehose-stream>

Asynchronously retrieves all public statuses. This stream is not generally available - it requires special permissions and its usage is discouraged by Twitter

Only one Twitter stream can be consumed using the same credentials. As a consequence, only one twitter stream can be consumed per connector instance.

XML Sample

INCLUDE_ERROR

Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
count		Indicates the number of previous statuses to consider for delivery before transitioning to live stream delivery.
callback		The SourceCallback used to dispatch messageswhen a response is received

Child Elements

<twitter:link-stream>

Asynchronously retrieves all statuses containing 'http:' and 'https:'. Like Firehorse, its is not a generally available stream

Only one Twitter stream can be consumed using the same credentials. As a consequence, only one twitter stream can be consumed per connector instance.

XML Sample

INCLUDE_ERROR

Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
count		Indicates the number of previous statuses to consider for delivery before transitioning to live stream delivery.
callback		The SourceCallback used to dispatch messages when a response is received

Child Elements

<twitter:sample-stream>

Asynchronously retrieves a random sample of all public statuses. The sample size and quality varies depending on the account permissions

The default access level provides a small proportion of the Firehose. The "Gardenhose" access level provides a proportion more suitable for data mining and research applications that desire a larger proportion to be statistically significant sample.

Only one Twitter stream can be consumed using the same credentials. As a consequence, only one twitter stream can be consumed per connector instance.

XML Sample

INCLUDE_ERROR

Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
callback		The SourceCallback used to dispatch messages when a response is received

Child Elements

<twitter:site-stream>

Asynchronously retrieves statutes for a set of supplied user's ids. Site Streams are a beta service, so refer always to latest twitter documentation about them.

Only one Twitter stream can be consumed using the same credentials. As a consequence, only one twitter stream can be consumed per connector instance.

XML Sample

INCLUDE_ERROR

Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
withFollowings		Optional. WithFollowings whether to receive status updates from people following
callback_		The SourceCallback used to dispatch messages when a response is received

Child Elements

<twitter:userIds> Ids of users to include in the stream

<twitter:user-stream>

Retrieves the following user updates notifications:
- New Statuses
- Block/Unblock events
- Follow events
- User profile updates
- Retweets
- List creation/deletion
- List member addition/remotion
- List subscription/unsubscription
- List updates
- Profile updates

Such notifications are represented as org.mule.twitter.UserEvent objects

Only one Twitter stream can be consumed using the same credentials. As a consequence, only one twitter stream can be consumed per connector instance.

XML Sample

INCLUDE_ERROR

Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
config-ref		Optional. Specify which configuration to use.
callback_		The SourceCallback used to dispatch messages when a response is received

Child Elements

<twitter:keywords> The keywords to track for new statuses

mule-module-twitter

Module Overview

Summary

Configuration

Message Processors

<twitter:create-place>

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Attributes

Child Elements

Return Payload

Exception Payload

<twitter:destroy-status>

XML Sample

Attributes

Child Elements

Return Payload

Exception Payload

See Also

<twitter:get-current-trends>

XML Sample

Attributes

Child Elements

Return Payload

Exception Payload

<twitter:get-daily-trends>

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Attributes

Child Elements

Return Payload

Exception Payload

<twitter:get-geo-details>

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Attributes

Child Elements

Return Payload

Exception Payload

<twitter:get-home-timeline>

XML Sample

Attributes

Child Elements

Return Payload

Exception Payload

See Also

<twitter:get-mentions>

XML Sample

Attributes

Child Elements

Return Payload

Exception Payload

See Also

<twitter:get-public-timeline>

XML Sample

Attributes

Child Elements

Return Payload

Exception Payload

See Also

<twitter:get-retweeted-by>

XML Sample

Attributes

Child Elements

Return Payload

Exception Payload

See Also

<twitter:get-retweeted-by-i-ds>

XML Sample

Attributes

Child Elements

Return Payload

Exception Payload

See Also

<twitter:get-retweeted-by-me>

XML Sample

Attributes

Child Elements

Return Payload

Exception Payload

See Also

<twitter:get-retweeted-by-user-by-screen-name>

XML Sample