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The current version level is 1. statuses/filter Returns public statuses that match one or more filter predicates. At least one predicate parameter, follow, locations, or track must be specified. Multiple parameters may be specified... </td> </tr> <tr class="even views-row-last"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/post/friendships/update">POST friendships/update</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> Allows one to enable or disable retweets and device notifications from the specified user. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="views-table cols-2"> <caption>January 18, 2012</caption> <thead> <tr> <th class="views-field views-field-title"> Document </th> <th class="views-field views-field-body"> Description </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd views-row-last"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/streaming-api/control-streams">Control Streams for Site Streams</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> Control Streams provides a REST-based interface that allows a developer to query and modify the state of a specific Site Streams connection. Use the same three-legged OAuth patterns you use to connect to Site Streams, where the access token used belongs to the user that owns the application that... </td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/post/statuses/update">POST statuses/update</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> Updates the authenticating user's status, also known as tweeting. To upload an image to accompany the tweet, use POST statuses/update_with_media. For each update attempt, the update text is compared with the authenticating user's recent tweets. Any attempt that would result in duplication will be... </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="views-table cols-1"> <caption>January 13, 2012</caption> <thead> <tr> <th class="views-field views-field-title"> Document </th> <th class="views-field views-field-body"> Description </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/security/using-ssl">Connecting to Twitter API using SSL</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> The preferred method of connecting to the Twitter API is over HTTPS. While both HTTPS and Non-HTTPS connections to the Twitter API are supported, communicating over SSL preserves user privacy by protecting information between the user and the Twitter API as it travels across the public Internet... </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="views-table cols-1"> <caption>January 12, 2012</caption> <thead> <tr> <th class="views-field views-field-title"> Document </th> <th class="views-field views-field-body"> Description </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/auth/creating-signature">Creating a signature</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> Overview This page explains how to generate an OAuth 1.0a HMAC-SHA1 signature for a HTTP request. This signature will be suitable for passing to the Twitter API as part of an authorized request, as described in Authorizing a request. The request used to demonstrate signing is a POST to... </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="views-table cols-2"> <caption>January 9, 2012</caption> <thead> <tr> <th class="views-field views-field-title"> Document </th> <th class="views-field views-field-body"> Description </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/streaming-api/site-streams">Site Streams</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> Currently in beta. Currently in beta. Overview Important Items Limitations API Overview Implementation Suggestions Connection Management Asynchronous Processing Apply for Access 04/19/2011 Overview Site Streams, a new feature on the... </td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/anywhere/welcome">Welcome to @Anywhere</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> Twitter @Anywhere is an easy-to-deploy solution for bringing the Twitter communication platform to your site. @Anywhere promotes a more engaged user base for your site. Use @Anywhere to add Follow Buttons, Hovercards, linkify Twitter usernames, and build deeper integrations with "... </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="views-table cols-1"> <caption>January 5, 2012</caption> <thead> <tr> <th class="views-field views-field-title"> Document </th> <th class="views-field views-field-body"> Description </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/ios/making-api-requests-twrequest">API requests with TWRequest</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> Overview TWRequest is a class in the Twitter framework for iOS5 that encapsulates HTTP requests to Twitter鈥檚 REST API. The object can also handle authenticating users for the caller. Recommended Reading The following articles on Apple's Developer Site will help you as you work with TWRequest... </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="views-table cols-3"> <caption>January 4, 2012</caption> <thead> <tr> <th class="views-field views-field-title"> Document </th> <th class="views-field views-field-body"> Description </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/ios-frequently-asked-questions">Frequently Asked Questions</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> Frequent Asked Questions Do TWRequest and TWTweetComposeViewController calls automatically wrap urls in statuses updates? Why is my application attributed as "from iOS" instead of "from <my application>" on twitter.com? I'm seeing strange crashes when using ACAccounts with TWRequest... </td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/tweet-button/faq">Tweet Button FAQ</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> Which browsers does the Tweet Button support? Does the Tweet Button support other languages? What are the dimensions of the Tweet Button and Share Box? What happens if twitter.com has an error or is over capacity? I want to use multiple Tweet Buttons on my page. Is there anything I should... </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/anywhere/tweet-box">@Anywhere Features: Tweet Box</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> Overview The Tweet Box allows Twitter users to tweet directly from within your web site or web application. Basic Usage The default Tweet Box will work without any customizations and is activated using this short snippet. This code will display a Tweet Box on the page inside the div with... </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="views-table cols-1"> <caption>January 3, 2012</caption> <thead> <tr> <th class="views-field views-field-title"> Document </th> <th class="views-field views-field-body"> Description </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/get/search">GET search</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> Returns tweets that match a specified query. To best learn how to use Twitter Search effectively, consult our guide to Using the Twitter Search API Notice: As of April 1st 2010, the Search API provides an option to retrieve "popular tweets" in addition to real-time search results. In an upcoming... </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="views-table cols-1"> <caption>December 20, 2011</caption> <thead> <tr> <th class="views-field views-field-title"> Document </th> <th class="views-field views-field-body"> Description </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/useful-articles">Useful Links We Found</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> On OAuth Apigee's OAuth: the Big Picture Using OAuth for Twitter Authentication on the BlackBerry PlayBook Using Twitter API with LIFT, Scala, and Twitter4J How Klout is Harnessing the Twitter Firehose to Keep Pace with Their Growing User Base On Rendering Tweets Create a Twitter Feed... </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="views-table cols-1"> <caption>December 16, 2011</caption> <thead> <tr> <th class="views-field views-field-title"> Document </th> <th class="views-field views-field-body"> Description </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/twitter-libraries">Twitter Libraries</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> A list of Twitter & OAuth libraries. Feel free to send us a tweet @twitterapi if you think we're missing a good one. Note there's also an index of OAuth libraries provided by the OAuth site. ActionScript/Flash C++ Clojure ColdFusion Erlang Java JavaScript .NET Objective-C /... </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="views-table cols-2"> <caption>December 15, 2011</caption> <thead> <tr> <th class="views-field views-field-title"> Document </th> <th class="views-field views-field-body"> Description </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/tco-link-wrapper/faq">t.co Link Wrapper FAQ</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> When are links wrapped with t.co? Do I need to make an extra API call? Will t.co-wrapped links always be the same length? How do I calculate if a Tweet with a link is going to be over 140 characters or not? My application or users already use URL shorteners. Will this break URL shortening... </td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/get/help/configuration">GET help/configuration</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> Returns the current configuration used by Twitter including twitter.com slugs which are not usernames, maximum photo resolutions, and t.co URL lengths. It is recommended applications request this endpoint when they are loaded, but no more than once a day. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="views-table cols-2"> <caption>December 14, 2011</caption> <thead> <tr> <th class="views-field views-field-title"> Document </th> <th class="views-field views-field-body"> Description </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/tco-url-wrapper/best-practices">Working with t.co: Best Practices</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> Linking to content within tweets We recommend the following when rendering links within Tweets: Use the "url" value of a URL entity for the href attribute of an anchor tag. Use the "expanded_url" value of a URL entity for the title attribute of an anchor tag, so that when users hover over the... </td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/tco-url-wrapper">The t.co URL Wrapper</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> Tens of millions of links are tweeted on Twitter each day. Wrapping these shared links helps Twitter protect users from malicious content while offering useful insights on engagement. All links submitted within tweets and direct messages, regardless of length, will eventually be wrapped with t.co... </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="views-table cols-1"> <caption>December 13, 2011</caption> <thead> <tr> <th class="views-field views-field-title"> Document </th> <th class="views-field views-field-body"> Description </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title"> <a href="/web/20120126085939/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/get/lists/statuses">GET lists/statuses</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-body"> Returns tweet timeline for members of the specified list. 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