Twitter Example
Twitter has a very thorough API that is well-documented in RAML.
In this example we’ll load and examine your followers list (you’ll need a Twitter account).
First, let’s create a Twitter client:
// Read about the Twitter API at https://anypoint.mulesoft.com/apiplatform/popular/#/portals/organizations/52560d3f-c37a-409d-9887-79e0a9a9ecff/apis/6308/versions/6302
API.createClient('twitterRestApi', 'https://anypoint.mulesoft.com/apiplatform/repository/v2/organizations/52560d3f-c37a-409d-9887-79e0a9a9ecff/public/apis/6308/versions/6302/files/api.raml');
And now let’s authenticate the client. By omitting the parameters to the authenticate method, we’ll use the API Notebook’s default Twitter keys.
//Authenticate client API.authenticate(twitterRestApi);
Now we have an authenticated client for the Twitter API.
We can see the available endpoints by exploring through the Notebook’s typeahead:
//View the available methods by adding a dot after twitterRestApi.. twitterRestApi
Let’s take a look at your followers:
// Collect the IDs of your followers followers = twitterRestApi.followers.ids.json.get();
Now followers holds the response to our request.
We asked Twitter for a list of our followers' ids, so let’s take a look at our most recent follower:
//Capture our most recent follower's id lastFollowerId = followers.body.ids[0]; 'Our most recent follower ID is ' + lastFollowerId;
Great! Let’s get some information about this follower.
// Show profile information.
lastFollower = twitterRestApi.users.show.json.get({
user_id: lastFollowerId
});
// Display screen name. 'Your last follower\'s screenname is ' + lastFollower.body.screen_name;
That’s just the beginning of what you can do with the Twitter API. Fork this notebook to explore it on your own.