Search Twitter

twitter.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
Creates access token for Twitter API calls. To get keys go to: https://apps.twitter.com/
.DESCRIPTION
Creates access token for Twitter API calls. To get keys go to: https://apps.twitter.com/
.PARAMETER ConsumerKey
The ConsumerKey. You get this from https://apps.twitter.com/
.PARAMETER ConsumerSecret
The ConsumerSecret. You get this from https://apps.twitter.com/
.EXAMPLE
Set-TweetScriptKeys -ConsumerKey <your key> -ConsumerSecret <your key>
#>
function Set-TwitterKeys {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]
        $ConsumerKey,

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]
        $ConsumerSecret
    )

    $Bytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::Default.GetBytes("$($ConsumerKey):$($ConsumerSecret)")
    $EncodedText =[Convert]::ToBase64String($Bytes)
    $EncodedText

    $headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]"
    $headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic $EncodedText")
    $global:AccessToken = (Invoke-RestMethod https://api.twitter.com/oauth2/token?grant_type=client_credentials -Method POST -Headers $headers).access_token
}

<#
.SYNOPSIS
Gets the last 15 tweets that contain the given query.
.DESCRIPTION
Gets the last 15 tweets that contain the given query.
.PARAMETER Query
The query you'd like to search for.
.EXAMPLE
Get-TwitterTweet -Query '#powershell'
#>
function Get-TwitterTweet {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [string]
        $Query
    )
    $Query = [System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode($Query)

    if ($AccessToken -eq $null -or $AccessToken -eq "") {
        Write-Host "Missing Access token. Please use Set-TweetScriptKeys. To get keys go to: https://apps.twitter.com/"
        return
    }

    $headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]"
    $headers.Add("Authorization", "Bearer $AccessToken")
    return (Invoke-RestMethod "https://api.twitter.com/1.1/search/tweets.json?q=$Query" -Headers $headers).statuses
}

# Usage

# Set your keys
Set-TwitterKeys -ConsumerKey <consumer key> -ConsumerSecret <consumer secret>

# Get the last 15 tweets for a given query
$tweets = Get-TwitterTweet -Query '#powershell'

# Get a single tweet object
$tweets[0]

# Get the text of all the tweets
$tweets.text