The document discusses Twitter data and building bots using the Twitter public API. It provides an overview of Twitter's REST and streaming APIs, including available endpoints and rate limiting. It also presents examples of how Twitter data and bots can be used for applications like disaster relief, identifying foodborne illness, customer service, and limited product launches. Finally, it encourages building a bot and provides a GitHub link for a Ruby Twitter bot code example.

1. #TapIntoTwitter
Wi-Fi: Cuckoo
PW: redbirdpounceflag

2. TWITTER DATA & BOTS 101
UNDERSTANDING TWITTER DATA &
BUILDING A BOT USING THE TWITTER PUBLIC API
HARRISON NEFF
PARTNER ENGINEER - GNIP
@HARRIS_0N

3. REST API
What has happened
in the past
+
Publishing
content
Streaming API
What is happening
now in real-time
CURRENT PUBLIC APIS

4. REST APIS
Tweets GET statuses/show/:id
Timelines GET statuses/home_timeline
GET statuses/user_timeline
GET statuses/mentions_timeline
POST statuses/update
Search GET search/tweets
…

5. STREAMING APIS
Sample Stream POST statuses/sample
1% random sample
POST statuses/filter
Up to 1% filtered by @username, keyword, hashtag, etc
Filter Stream

6. PUBLIC API GNIP
UPGRADE PATH
ELEVATED
ACCESS

7. GNIP PRODUCTS
Real Time APIs
PowerTrack
Decahose
Data Collectors
Historical APIs
Historical PowerTrack
30-Day Search API
Full Archive Search API
Insights APIs
Audience API
Engagement API

8. {
"id":
"tag:search.twitter.com,2005:403224522679009280",
"objectType":
"activity",
"actor":
{
"objectType":
"person",
"id":
"id:twitter.com:1855784545",
"link":
"http://www.twitter.com/LandenEhlers",
"displayName":
"Landen
Ehlers",
"postedTime":
"2013-­‐09-­‐11T23:52:03.000Z",
"image":
"https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/378800000646150423/83090ccb95a60def923c674e7bd002a0_normal.jpeg",
"summary":
"Senior
Construction
Science
student
at
Texas
A&M
University.
Barefoot
Waterskiing
National
Champion.
Vice
Pres
"links":
[
{
"href":
null,
"rel":
"me"
}
],
"friendsCount":
65,
"followersCount":
15,
"listedCount":
1,
"statusesCount":
24,
"twitterTimeZone":
null,
"verified":
false,
"utcOffset":
null,
"preferredUsername":
"LandenEhlers",
"languages":
[
"en"
A Tweet may only be 140 Characters, but…
it has over 65 data elements

9. "generator":
{
"displayName":
"Twitter
for
Android",
"link":
"http://twitter.com/download/android"
},
"geo":
{
"type":
"Point",
"coordinates":
[
30.622496,
-­‐96.3283527
]
Application + Point Geo

12. USE CASES

13. SAVE LIVES
Mitigate the impact of
annual flooding

14. IDENTIFY
FOODBORNE
ILLNESS
Find signal by monitoring
conversations at scale

15. CUSTOMER
SERVICE
Discover the key source
of customer frustration
and market to at-risk
subscribers in real time

16. LIMITED RELEASE
PRODUCT LAUNCH
Discover unique product
audiences and target
launch messaging
accordingly

17. TWITTER BOTS

18. WHY SHOULD I MAKE A TWITTER BOT?
One of the earliest bot platforms
300 million + monthly active users
Ability to incorporate external APIs for richer
content
Weather
Music
Pothole bot (Raspberry Pi)

19. REST APIS
Tweets
Timelines
GET statuses/mentions_timeline
POST statuses/update

20. User Streams - GET/User
Mentions
Direct Messages
Favorites (Likes)
Follows
Quoted Tweets
Replies
STREAMING API

21. RATE LIMITING
API Rate Limiting
Different for each endpoint
Typically 15 minute rolling windows
User Rate Limiting
Based on the number of Tweets a user can publish
2400 per day or 300 per 3 hours

22. NOW, LET’S MAKE A BOT!
HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/HNEFF/RUBY-TWITTER-BOT

23. T H A N K YO U !
D O N ( @ U LY S S E A S )
&
A L A N ( @ FA N C Y S A N D W I C H E S ) !

24. F O R M O R E I N F O R M AT I O N P L E A S E V I S I T
D E V.T W I T T E R . C O M