Twitter Binding

The Twitter binding allows your home to Tweet 280 characters at a time. It also supports direct messages and tweeting with media.

Supported Things

account - Twitter Account.

Thing Configuration

The Twitter Account Thing requires you to create a Twitter App in the Twitter Developer Page.

Property	Default	Required	Description
consumerKey		Yes	Consumer API Key
consumerSecret		Yes	Consumer API Secret
accessToken		Yes	Access Token
accessTokenSecret		Yes	Access Token Secret
refresh	30	No	Tweet refresh interval in minutes

Channels

channel	type	description
lasttweet	String	This channel provides the Latest Tweet message

Full Example

twitter.things:

Thing twitter:account:sampleaccount [ consumerKey="11111", consumerSecret="22222", accessToken="33333", accessTokenSecret="444444" ]

twitter.items:

String sample_tweet   "Latest Tweet: [%s]" { channel="twitter:account:sampleaccount:lasttweet" }

Rule Action

This binding includes rule actions for sending tweets and direct messages.

• boolean success = sendTweet(String text)
• boolean success = sendTweetWithAttachment(String text, String URL)
• boolean success = sendDirectMessage(String recipientID, String text)

Examples:

val tweetActions = getActions("twitter","twitter:account:sampleaccount")
val success  = tweetActions.sendTweet("This is A Tweet")
val success2 = tweetActions.sendTweetWithAttachment("This is A Tweet with a Pic", file:///tmp/201601011031.jpg)
val success3 = tweetActions.sendTweetWithAttachment("Windows Picture", "D:\\Test.png" )
val success4 = tweetActions.sendTweetWithAttachment("HTTP Picture", "http://www.mywebsite.com/Test.png" )
val success5 = tweetActions.sendDirectMessage("1234567", "Wake Up" )

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