JTwitterObject

class JTwitterObject

Twitter API object class for the Joomla Platform.

Methods

__construct( Registry $options = null, JHttp $client = null, JTwitterOAuth $oauth = null)

Constructor.

void
checkRateLimit( string $resource = null, string $action = null)

Method to check the rate limit for the requesting IP address

string
fetchUrl( string $path, array $parameters = null)

Method to build and return a full request URL for the request. This method will add appropriate pagination details if necessary and also prepend the API url to have a complete URL for the request.

array
getRateLimit( string $resource)

Method to retrieve the rate limit for the requesting IP address

array
sendRequest( string $path, string $method = 'GET', mixed $data = array(), array $headers = array())

Method to send the request.

mixed
getOption( string $key)

Get an option from the JTwitterObject instance.

JTwitterObject
setOption( string $key, mixed $value)

Set an option for the JTwitterObject instance.

Details

__construct( Registry $options = null, JHttp $client = null, JTwitterOAuth $oauth = null)

Constructor.

Parameters

Registry $options &$options Twitter options object.
JHttp $client The HTTP client object.
JTwitterOAuth $oauth The OAuth client.

void checkRateLimit( string $resource = null, string $action = null)

Method to check the rate limit for the requesting IP address

Parameters

string $resource A resource or a comma-separated list of resource families you want to know the current rate limit disposition for.
string $action An action for the specified resource, if only one resource is specified.

Return Value

void

Exceptions

RuntimeException

string fetchUrl( string $path, array $parameters = null)

Method to build and return a full request URL for the request. This method will add appropriate pagination details if necessary and also prepend the API url to have a complete URL for the request.

Parameters

string $path URL to inflect
array $parameters The parameters passed in the URL.

Return Value

string The request URL.

array getRateLimit( string $resource)

Method to retrieve the rate limit for the requesting IP address

Parameters

string $resource A resource or a comma-separated list of resource families you want to know the current rate limit disposition for.

Return Value

array The JSON response decoded

array sendRequest( string $path, string $method = 'GET', mixed $data = array(), array $headers = array())

Method to send the request.

Parameters

string $path The path of the request to make
string $method The request method.
mixed $data Either an associative array or a string to be sent with the post request.
array $headers An array of name-value pairs to include in the header of the request

Return Value

array The decoded JSON response

Exceptions

RuntimeException

mixed getOption( string $key)

Get an option from the JTwitterObject instance.

Parameters

string $key The name of the option to get.

Return Value

mixed The option value.

JTwitterObject setOption( string $key, mixed $value)

Set an option for the JTwitterObject instance.

Parameters

string $key The name of the option to set.
mixed $value The option value to set.

Return Value

JTwitterObject This object for method chaining.