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trends/daily

Returns the top 20 trending topics for each hour in a given day.

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URL:

http://search.twitter.com/trends/daily.format

Format: 

json

HTTP Method:

GET

Requires Authentication (about authentication):

false

API rate limited (about rate limiting):

1 call per request 

Parameters:

• date: Optional. Permits specifying a start date for the report. The date should be formatted YYYY-MM-DD.

  • Example: http://search.twitter.com/trends/daily.json?date=2009-03-19

• exclude: Optional. Setting this equal to hashtags will remove all hashtags from the trends list.

  • Example: http://search.twitter.com/trends/daily.json?exclude=hashtags

Response (about return values): 

          JSON example (truncated):

{"trends":{"2009-03-19 21:00":[{"query":"AIG","name":"AIG"},... truncated ...],... truncated ...},"as_of":1239656409}

Usage examples: 

cURL (about cURL):

curl http://search.twitter.com/trends/daily.json

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