Mono: C# Twitter API Connections and XML

C# Twitter API Connections and XML:

In my last posts I discuss about consuming REST services in C#…Today I want to give an example about using Twitter API Connections in C#…

You can find all necessary  information about API in: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-API-Documentation

Here is the code:

/*
 * Created by SharpDevelop.
 * User: cakirh
 * Date: 28.01.2010
 * Time: 13:27
 *
 * To change this template use Tools | Options | Coding | Edit Standard Headers.
 */

using Gtk;
using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Xml;

namespace RESTserviceConn
{

class RESTserviceConn : Window
{

 Gtk.Window window = new Gtk.Window("@tweet");
 private Entry userName;
 private Entry password;
 private Entry tweetName;
private Label showText;

 public RESTserviceConn()
 : base("RESTserviceConn")
 {

 window.SetSizeRequest(500, 500);
 window.SetPosition(WindowPosition.Center);

 showText=new Label();
 showText.SetSizeRequest(250,470);
 showText.Wrap=true;

 Image  logo = new Gtk.Image("twitterapi_logo.png");
 Button btnYahoo=new Button();
 btnYahoo.Label="@myLastTWEET";
 Label name=new Label();
 name.Text="userName:";
 userName=new Entry();
 password=new Entry();
 Label pss=new Label();
 pss.Text="password:";
 password.Visibility=false;
 tweetName=new Entry();
 Label twname=new Label();
 twname.Text="tweerName:";
 Button dd=new Button();
 dd.Label="@getTWEETS";

 Fixed fixedDownload=new Fixed();
 fixedDownload.Put(logo,0,0);
 fixedDownload.Put(name,30,40);
 fixedDownload.Put(userName,30,60);
 fixedDownload.Put(pss,30,80);
 fixedDownload.Put(password,30,100);
 fixedDownload.Put(twname,30,120);
 fixedDownload.Put(tweetName,30,140);
 fixedDownload.Put(btnYahoo,30,170);
 fixedDownload.Put(dd,150,170);

 fixedDownload.Put(showText,250,10);

 btnYahoo.Clicked+= new EventHandler(btnYahoo_Clicked);
 dd.Clicked+= new EventHandler(dd_Clicked);

 window.Add(fixedDownload);
 window.ShowAll();

 }

 void dd_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {
 string[] gg = new string[20];
 int i=0;

 string target = "http://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline.xml";

 WebClient client = new WebClient();
 client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(userName.Text, password.Text);

 try {
 Stream stream = client.OpenRead(target);
 StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream);
 XmlTextReader xml_read = new XmlTextReader(stream);
 while (xml_read.Read())
 {
 xml_read.MoveToElement();
 if (xml_read.Name == "text")
 {

 gg[i]=xml_read.ReadInnerXml().ToString();
 i++;

 }

 showText.Text=gg[0]+"\n\n"+gg[1]+"\n\n"+gg[2]+"\n\n"+gg[3]+"\n\n"+gg[4]+"\n\n"+gg[5]+"\n\n"+"\n\n"+gg[6]+"\n\n"+gg[7]+"\n\n"+"\n\n"+gg[8]+"\n\n"+gg[9];

 }
 } catch (WebException WebEx) {
 Console.WriteLine("Error: " + WebEx.Message);
 throw;
 }

 }

 void btnYahoo_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {

 string target = "http://twitter.com/users/"+tweetName.Text+".xml";

 WebClient client = new WebClient();
 client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(userName.Text, password.Text);

 try {
 Stream stream = client.OpenRead(target);
 StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream);
 XmlTextReader xml_read = new XmlTextReader(stream);
 while (xml_read.Read())
 {
 xml_read.MoveToElement();
 if (xml_read.Name == "followers_count")
 {

 MessageDialog md = new MessageDialog(window,
 DialogFlags.DestroyWithParent,
 MessageType.Info,
 ButtonsType.Ok, "Followers: " + xml_read.ReadInnerXml().ToString());
 md.Run();
 md.Destroy();

 }
 else if (xml_read.Name == "text")
 {
 showText.Text=xml_read.ReadInnerXml().ToString();
 }

 }
 } catch (WebException WebEx) {
 Console.WriteLine("Error: " + WebEx.Message);
 throw;
 }

 }

 public static void Main()
 {
 Application.Init();
 new RESTserviceConn();
 Application.Run();
 }

 }
}
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Bear in mind that the code above done in very limited time so lots of improvements should be done about it…it is just a sample of how make calls by twitter api…

Outputs:

[1.] Getting tweets from followed users:

[2.]Getting last tweet of user:

Thats’ all folks for this post!

References:

[1.] http://www.infernodevelopment.com/c-twitter-api-connections-and-xml

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