Tag: Twitter4J

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Twitter4J

In my last post I created a twitter developer account. In this post I will access Twitter with a Java program.

Setup Eclipse Project

Create a new Maven Project:

Create a simple project (skip archetype selection).

Change JRE System Library from Java 1.5 to Java 1.8.

Add Twitter4J to Maven dependencies:

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">

	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
	<groupId>de.kaulbach</groupId>
	<artifactId>twitter</artifactId>
	<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
	<packaging>jar</packaging>

	<properties>
		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
	</properties>

	<dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.twitter4j</groupId>
			<artifactId>twitter4j-stream</artifactId>
			<version>4.0.7</version>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>

	<build>
		<finalName>twitter</finalName>
	</build>

</project>

Configuration

Create a new file twitter4j.properties in folder src/main/resources with account properties from developer console:

oauth.consumerKey =       // your key (API key)
oauth.consumerSecret =    // your secret (API secret key)
oauth.accessToken =       // your token
oauth.accessTokenSecret = // your token secret

There are some other ways to configure (Java Code, Environment Variables, System Properties), see here

Java Code

Write a simple Code Example to show 7 Tweets with HashTag #Happy:

public class TwitterClient {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
		Twitter twitter = TwitterFactory.getSingleton();
	    Query query = new Query("#Happy");
	    query.setCount(7);
	    QueryResult result = twitter.search(query);
	    for (Status status : result.getTweets()) {
	    	System.out.println("--");
	        System.out.println("@" + status.getUser().getScreenName() + ":" + status.getText());
	    }
	    System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
	}
}

Change code to show Tweets of Pope Francis with God in it:


Query query = new Query("from:Pontifex God");