function twitter_connect in Twitter 6.5

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 6.3 twitter.inc \twitter_connect()
2. 6.4 twitter.inc \twitter_connect()
3. 7.6 twitter.inc \twitter_connect()
4. 7.3 twitter.inc \twitter_connect()
5. 7.4 twitter.inc \twitter_connect()
6. 7.5 twitter.inc \twitter_connect()

Connect to the Twitter API.

Parameters

object $twitter_account: An authenticated twitter_account object to be used to authenticate against Twitter.

bool $access_global: Whether or not to load the global accounts too.

bool $force: Loads accounts regardless of other access limits. Should be used with care and only for limited scenarios that do would not pose a security risk.

Return value

mixed A Twitter object ready to be used to query the Twitter API or FALSE.

8 calls to twitter_connect()

drush_twitter_search in ./twitter.drush.inc

Implements drush_COMMANDFILE_COMMANDNAME()

twitter_cron in ./twitter.module

Implements hook_cron().

twitter_fetch_mentions_timeline in ./twitter.inc

Fetches user's mentions of an authenticated account.

twitter_fetch_user_timeline in ./twitter.inc

Fetches a user's timeline.

twitter_non_auth_account_form_submit in ./twitter.pages.inc

Submit form handler to add a non-authenticated Twitter account.

... See full list

File

./twitter.inc, line 25

Code

function twitter_connect($twitter_account = NULL, $access_global = FALSE, $force = FALSE) {

  // If no account was specified, load the first authenticated account.
  if (empty($twitter_account)) {

    // Load all authenticated accounts, passing in the same access requirements.
    $accounts = twitter_load_authenticated_accounts(NULL, $access_global, $force);

    // If no accounts were found, there's a problem.
    if (empty($accounts)) {
      watchdog('twitter', 'There are no authenticated Twitter accounts to use for API connections.');
    }
    else {
      $twitter_account = reset($accounts);
    }
  }
  if (!empty($twitter_account)) {
    $auth = $twitter_account
      ->get_auth();
    if (isset($auth['oauth_token']) && isset($auth['oauth_token_secret'])) {
      return new Twitter(variable_get('twitter_consumer_key', ''), variable_get('twitter_consumer_secret', ''), $auth['oauth_token'], $auth['oauth_token_secret']);
    }
  }
  return FALSE;
}