Module: Twitter::API::PlacesAndGeo

Includes:
Utils
Included in:
Client
Defined in:
lib/twitter/api/places_and_geo.rb

Constant Summary

Constants included from Utils

Utils::DEFAULT_CURSOR

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#geo_search(options = {}) ⇒ Array<Twitter::Place> Also known as: places_nearby

Search for places that can be attached to a Tweets#update

Examples:

Return an array of places near the IP address 74.125.19.104

Twitter.geo_search(:ip => "74.125.19.104")

Parameters:

  • options (Hash) (defaults to: {}) —

    A customizable set of options.

Options Hash (options):

  • :lat (Float) —

    The latitude to search around. This option will be ignored unless it is inside the range -90.0 to +90.0 (North is positive) inclusive. It will also be ignored if there isn't a corresponding :long option.

  • :long (Float) —

    The longitude to search around. The valid range for longitude is -180.0 to +180.0 (East is positive) inclusive. This option will be ignored if outside that range, if it is not a number, if geo_enabled is disabled, or if there not a corresponding :lat option.

  • :query (String) —

    Free-form text to match against while executing a geo-based query, best suited for finding nearby locations by name.

  • :ip (String) —

    An IP address. Used when attempting to fix geolocation based off of the user's IP address.

  • :granularity (String) — default: 'neighborhood' —

    This is the minimal granularity of place types to return and must be one of: 'poi', 'neighborhood', 'city', 'admin' or 'country'.

  • :accuracy (String) — default: '0m' —

    A hint on the "region" in which to search. If a number, then this is a radius in meters, but it can also take a string that is suffixed with ft to specify feet. If coming from a device, in practice, this value is whatever accuracy the device has measuring its location (whether it be coming from a GPS, WiFi triangulation, etc.).

  • :max_results (Integer) —

    A hint as to the number of results to return. This does not guarantee that the number of results returned will equal max_results, but instead informs how many "nearby" results to return. Ideally, only pass in the number of places you intend to display to the user here.

  • :contained_within (String) —

    This is the place_id which you would like to restrict the search results to. Setting this value means only places within the given place_id will be found.

  • :"attribute:street_address" (String) —

    This option searches for places which have this given street address. There are other well-known and application-specific attributes available. Custom attributes are also permitted.

Returns:

Raises:

See Also:

Authentication:

  • Requires user context

Rate Limited?:

  • Yes



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# File 'lib/twitter/api/places_and_geo.rb', line 63

def geo_search(options={})
  geo_objects_from_response(:get, "/1.1/geo/search.json", options)
end

#place(place_id, options = {}) ⇒ Twitter::Place

Returns all the information about a known place

Examples:

Return all the information about Twitter HQ

Twitter.place("247f43d441defc03")

Parameters:

  • place_id (String) —

    A place in the world. These IDs can be retrieved from #reverse_geocode.

  • options (Hash) (defaults to: {}) —

    A customizable set of options.

Returns:

Raises:

See Also:

Authentication:

  • Requires user context

Rate Limited?:

  • Yes



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# File 'lib/twitter/api/places_and_geo.rb', line 20

def place(place_id, options={})
  object_from_response(Twitter::Place, :get, "/1.1/geo/id/#{place_id}.json", options)
end

#place_create(options = {}) ⇒ Twitter::Place

Creates a new place at the given latitude and longitude

Examples:

Create a new place

Twitter.place_create(:name => "@sferik's Apartment", :token => "22ff5b1f7159032cf69218c4d8bb78bc", :contained_within => "41bcb736f84a799e", :lat => "37.783699", :long => "-122.393581")

Parameters:

  • options (Hash) (defaults to: {}) —

    A customizable set of options.

Options Hash (options):

  • :name (String) —

    The name a place is known as.

  • :contained_within (String) —

    This is the place_id which you would like to restrict the search results to. Setting this value means only places within the given place_id will be found.

  • :token (String) —

    The token found in the response from #places_similar.

  • :lat (Float) —

    The latitude to search around. This option will be ignored unless it is inside the range -90.0 to +90.0 (North is positive) inclusive. It will also be ignored if there isn't a corresponding :long option.

  • :long (Float) —

    The longitude to search around. The valid range for longitude is -180.0 to +180.0 (East is positive) inclusive. This option will be ignored if outside that range, if it is not a number, if geo_enabled is disabled, or if there not a corresponding :lat option.

  • :"attribute:street_address" (String) —

    This option searches for places which have this given street address. There are other well-known and application-specific attributes available. Custom attributes are also permitted.

Returns:

Raises:

See Also:

Authentication:

  • Requires user context

Rate Limited?:

  • Yes



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# File 'lib/twitter/api/places_and_geo.rb', line 105

def place_create(options={})
  object_from_response(Twitter::Place, :post, "/1.1/geo/place.json", options)
end

#reverse_geocode(options = {}) ⇒ Array<Twitter::Place>

Note:

This request is an informative call and will deliver generalized results about geography.

Searches for up to 20 places that can be used as a place_id

Examples:

Return an array of places within the specified region

Twitter.reverse_geocode(:lat => "37.7821120598956", :long => "-122.400612831116")

Parameters:

  • options (Hash) (defaults to: {}) —

    A customizable set of options.

Options Hash (options):

  • :lat (Float) —

    The latitude to search around. This option will be ignored unless it is inside the range -90.0 to +90.0 (North is positive) inclusive. It will also be ignored if there isn't a corresponding :long option.

  • :long (Float) —

    The longitude to search around. The valid range for longitude is -180.0 to +180.0 (East is positive) inclusive. This option will be ignored if outside that range, if it is not a number, if geo_enabled is disabled, or if there not a corresponding :lat option.

  • :accuracy (String) — default: '0m' —

    A hint on the "region" in which to search. If a number, then this is a radius in meters, but it can also take a string that is suffixed with ft to specify feet. If coming from a device, in practice, this value is whatever accuracy the device has measuring its location (whether it be coming from a GPS, WiFi triangulation, etc.).

  • :granularity (String) — default: 'neighborhood' —

    This is the minimal granularity of place types to return and must be one of: 'poi', 'neighborhood', 'city', 'admin' or 'country'.

  • :max_results (Integer) —

    A hint as to the number of results to return. This does not guarantee that the number of results returned will equal max_results, but instead informs how many "nearby" results to return. Ideally, only pass in the number of places you intend to display to the user here.

Returns:

Raises:

See Also:

Authentication:

  • Requires user context

Rate Limited?:

  • Yes



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# File 'lib/twitter/api/places_and_geo.rb', line 40

def reverse_geocode(options={})
  geo_objects_from_response(:get, "/1.1/geo/reverse_geocode.json", options)
end

#similar_places(options = {}) ⇒ Array<Twitter::Place> Also known as: places_similar

Note:

Conceptually, you would use this method to get a list of known places to choose from first. Then, if the desired place doesn't exist, make a request to #place to create a new one. The token contained in the response is the token necessary to create a new place.

Locates places near the given coordinates which are similar in name

Examples:

Return an array of places similar to Twitter HQ

Twitter.similar_places(:lat => "37.7821120598956", :long => "-122.400612831116", :name => "Twitter HQ")

Parameters:

  • options (Hash) (defaults to: {}) —

    A customizable set of options.

Options Hash (options):

  • :lat (Float) —

    The latitude to search around. This option will be ignored unless it is inside the range -90.0 to +90.0 (North is positive) inclusive. It will also be ignored if there isn't a corresponding :long option.

  • :long (Float) —

    The longitude to search around. The valid range for longitude is -180.0 to +180.0 (East is positive) inclusive. This option will be ignored if outside that range, if it is not a number, if geo_enabled is disabled, or if there not a corresponding :lat option.

  • :name (String) —

    The name a place is known as.

  • :contained_within (String) —

    This is the place_id which you would like to restrict the search results to. Setting this value means only places within the given place_id will be found.

  • :"attribute:street_address" (String) —

    This option searches for places which have this given street address. There are other well-known and application-specific attributes available. Custom attributes are also permitted.

Returns:

Raises:

See Also:

Authentication:

  • Requires user context

Rate Limited?:

  • Yes



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# File 'lib/twitter/api/places_and_geo.rb', line 84

def similar_places(options={})
  geo_objects_from_response(:get, "/1.1/geo/similar_places.json", options)
end