react-native-twitter v0.2.1

react-native-twitter

A Twitter API client library for React Native

• react-native-twitter
  • Installation
  • Usage
    • auth(tokens, callbackUrl[, options])
    • auth(tokens, pinPromise[, options])
    • const client = twitter(tokens)
    • rest.get(path[, params])
    • rest.post(path[, params])
    • stream(path, params) (Android only)

Installation

npm i react-native-twitter -S
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If you use 3-legged authorization, you need to add the deep link scheme for your callback URL. See React Native docs and example for more info.

Usage

import twitter, {auth} from 'react-native-twitter';

auth(tokens, callbackUrl[, options])

Get the client's authentication tokens via 3-legged authorization.

• tokens
  • consumerKey Your consumer key
  • consumerSecret Your consumer secret
• callbackUrl The URL a user is redirected to, you need to add the deep link scheme for this URL

• options

  • accessType Specify x_auth_access_type, supported values are 'read' or 'write' (See Twitter docs.)
  • forSignIn If true, oauth/authenticate endpoint is used instead of oauth/authorize (Default: false)
  • forceLogin Specify force_login (See Twitter docs.) (Default: false)
  • screenName Specify screen_name (See Twitter docs.)

• Returns: Promise of {accessToken, accessTokenSecret, id, name}

  • accessToken Access token
  • accessTokenSecret Access token secret
  • id User id
  • name Screen name

auth(tokens, pinPromise[, options])

Get the client's authentication tokens via PIN-based authorization.

• pinPromise Promise which resolves to PIN

• Returns: Promise of {accessToken, accessTokenSecret, id, name}

const client = twitter(tokens)

Create a Twitter API client.

• tokens
  • consumerKey Your consumer key
  • consumerSecret Your consumer secret
  • accessToken Access token
  • accessTokenSecret Access token secret

const {rest, stream} = twitter(tokens);

rest.get(path[, params])

Make GET requests.

• path The endpoint path

• params Parameters for the request

• Returns: Promise

rest.post(path[, params])

Make POST requests.

• path The endpoint path

• params Parameters for the request

• Returns: Promise

There is no File or Blob in React Native, but you can use Object with uri property as media files for media uploading endpoints such as account/update_profile_image. Below is an example of changing profile image to the latest photo from CameraRoll.

CameraRoll.getPhotos({first: 1})
  .then(({edges: [{node: {image}}]}) => rest.post('account/update_profile_image', {image}))
  .then(() => {console.log('done');})
  .catch(console.error);

stream(path, params) (Android only)

Connect to Streaming APIs.

• path The endpoint path

• params Parameters for the request

• Returns: EventEmitter

  • 'data'
  • 'error'
  • close() Close the connection