The Twitter Developer Blog

Your source for new features, best practices and real-world use of the Twitter Platform.

How eBay uses Cards and Twitter Card analytics

Read how eBay is using Twitter Cards to give users a taste of what to expect before they head to their site.Read more…

Introducing analytics for Twitter Cards

Today we’re beginning to roll out analytics for Twitter Cards to help you understand how your Cards are performing.Read more…

List IDs to become 64-bit integers in early 2014

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We’re proactively making room for more lists on Twitter by expanding their IDs to 64-bit integers. If you’re using our REST and Streaming APIs, you should confirm that your database, server-side and client-side code consume the safe string-based identifiers represented in “id_str” fields instead of the integer-based identifiers found in the “id” field of Twitter List objects and related references.Read more…

REST API SSL certificate updates

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At the end of 2013, all Browsers and Certificate Authorities will no longer support 1024 bits RSA certificates to be compliant to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines.

The SSL certificate currently used on api.twitter.com is signed with the older Verisign G2 root CA certificate.Read more…

Introducing custom timelines: create timelines of Tweets for everyone

Today we’re introducing custom timelines to give you more control over how Tweets are organized and delivered on the Twitter platform.Read more…

Streaming SSL certificate updates

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If you use our streaming APIs, you should be aware of a change that’s coming in a couple months: We are updating the SSL certificates for userstream.twitter.com and stream.twitter.com on November 4, 2013.Read more…

Test accounts with user IDs greater than 32 bits

For a variety of reasons, the numbers used to identify accounts via Twitter’s API grow faster than the actual number of accounts in the system. Currently, user IDs fit in 32 bits—a standard size for integers on many platforms. In January, we explained that the current pace of Twitter user ID allocation meant that we’d exceed 32 bits sometime this year. All developers should make sure their code will handle the switch.Read more…

Headlines tell the story behind the Tweet

Hundreds of thousands of websites and publishers embed Tweets to share the best of Twitter with their readers. From world news, to sports, politics and entertainment, Tweets have changed the way breaking news is covered. And they help people everywhere discover important Tweets, even outside of Twitter.Read more…

API v1 Retirement is Complete - Use API v1.1

Today, we are retiring API v1 and fully transitioning to API v1.1. Given the array of blackout tests, blog posts, Tweets and other updates, this should (hopefully) not be a surprise. Before I get into the slew of resources available for you, let me first say thank you for your cooperation over the last several months.Read more…

Twitter Certified Products Program Expansion

Today, we’re introducing 11 new Twitter Certified Products. Since we introduced the program last summer, our goal has been to help businesses find tools and services that make them more successful on Twitter. To date, Certified Products have been largely U.S.-focused; this new group includes companies from Europe, Japan and Latin America –– extending the program’s global footprint and empowering brands and publishers around the world.Read more…

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