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statuses/public_timeline

Returns the 20 most recent statuses from non-protected users who have set a custom user icon. The public timeline is cached for 60 seconds so requesting it more often than that is a waste of resources.

URL:

http://twitter.com/statuses/public_timeline.format

 

Formats: 

xml, json, rss, atom 

 

HTTP Method(s):

GET

 

Requires Authentication (about authentication):

false

 

API rate limited (about rate limiting):

true

 

Response (about return values): 

          XML example (truncated):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<statuses>

     <status>

<created_at>Tue Apr 07 22:52:51 +0000 2009</created_at>

<id>1472669360</id>

<text>At least I can get your humor through tweets. RT @abdur: I don't mean this in a bad way, but genetically speaking your a cul-de-sac.</text>

<source>&lt;a href="http://www.tweetdeck.com/">TweetDeck&lt;/a></source>

<truncated>false</truncated>

<in_reply_to_status_id></in_reply_to_status_id>

<in_reply_to_user_id></in_reply_to_user_id>

<favorited>false</favorited>

<in_reply_to_screen_name></in_reply_to_screen_name>

<user>

<id>1401881</id>

 <name>Doug Williams</name>

 <screen_name>dougw</screen_name>

 <location>San Francisco, CA</location>

 <description>Twitter API Support. Internet, greed, users, dougw and opportunities are my passions.</description>

 <profile_image_url>http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/59648642/avatar_normal.png</profile_image_url>

 <url>http://www.igudo.com</url>

 <protected>false</protected>

 <followers_count>1027</followers_count>

 <profile_background_color>9ae4e8</profile_background_color>

 <profile_text_color>000000</profile_text_color>

 <profile_link_color>0000ff</profile_link_color>

 <profile_sidebar_fill_color>e0ff92</profile_sidebar_fill_color>

 <profile_sidebar_border_color>87bc44</profile_sidebar_border_color>

 <friends_count>293</friends_count>

 <created_at>Sun Mar 18 06:42:26 +0000 2007</created_at>

 <favourites_count>0</favourites_count>

 <utc_offset>-18000</utc_offset>

 <time_zone>Eastern Time (US & Canada)</time_zone>

 <profile_background_image_url>http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_background_images/2752608/twitter_bg_grass.jpg</profile_background_image_url>

 <profile_background_tile>false</profile_background_tile>

 <statuses_count>3390</statuses_count>

 <notifications>false</notifications>

 <following>false</following>

 <verified>true</verified>

</user>

<geo/>

     </status>

     ... truncated ...

</statuses>

 

Usage examples: 

cURL (about cURL):

curl http://twitter.com/statuses/public_timeline.xml

 

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