twurl Command Examples

Curl-like command but tailored specifically for the Twitter API. More information: https://github.com/twitter/twurl.

• Authorize twurl to access a Twitter account:

twurl authorize {{[-c|--consumer-key]}} {{twitter_api_key}} {{[-s|--consumer-secret]}} {{twitter_api_secret}}

• Make a GET request to an API endpoint:

twurl {{[-X|--request-method]}} GET {{twitter_api_endpoint}}

• Make a POST request to an API endpoint:

twurl {{[-X|--request-method]}} POST {{[-d|--data]}} '{{endpoint_params}}' {{twitter_api_endpoint}}

• Upload media to Twitter:

twurl {{[-H|--host]}} "{{twitter_upload_url}}" {{[-X|--request-method]}} POST "{{twitter_upload_endpoint}}" {{[-f|--file]}} "{{path/to/media.jpg}}" {{[-F|--file-field]}} "media"

• Access a different Twitter API host:

twurl {{[-H|--host]}} {{twitter_api_url}} {{[-X|--request-method]}} GET {{twitter_api_endpoint}}

• Create an alias for a requested resource:

twurl alias {{alias_name}} {{resource}}