post_tweet.Rd
Posts status update to user's Twitter account
post_tweet(status = "my first rtweet #rstats", media = NULL, token = NULL, in_reply_to_status_id = NULL, destroy_id = NULL, retweet_id = NULL)
status | Character, tweet status. Must be 140 characters or less. |
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media | File path to image or video media to be included in tweet. |
token | OAuth token. By default |
in_reply_to_status_id | Status ID of tweet to which you'd like to reply. Note: in line with the Twitter API, this parameter is ignored unless the author of the tweet this parameter references is mentioned within the status text. |
destroy_id | To delete a status, supply the single status ID here. If a character string is supplied, overriding the default (NULL), then a destroy request is made (and the status text and media attachments) are irrelevant. |
retweet_id | To retweet a status, supply the single status ID here. If a character string is supplied, overriding the default (NULL), then a retweet request is made (and the status text and media attachments) are irrelevant. |
Other post: post_favorite
,
post_follow
, post_friendship
# NOT RUN { ## generate data to make/save plot (as a .png file) x <- rnorm(300) y <- x + rnorm(300, 0, .75) col <- c(rep("#002244aa", 50), rep("#440000aa", 50)) bg <- c(rep("#6699ffaa", 50), rep("#dd6666aa", 50)) ## crate temporary file name tmp <- tempfile(fileext = ".png") ## save as png png(tmp, 6, 6, "in", res = 127.5) par(tcl = -.15, family = "Inconsolata", font.main = 2, bty = "n", xaxt = "l", yaxt = "l", bg = "#f0f0f0", mar = c(3, 3, 2, 1.5)) plot(x, y, xlab = NULL, ylab = NULL, pch = 21, cex = 1, bg = bg, col = col, main = "This image was uploaded by rtweet") grid(8, lwd = .15, lty = 2, col = "#00000088") dev.off() ## post tweet with media attachment post_tweet("a tweet with media attachment", media = tmp) # example of replying within a thread ## first post post_tweet(status="first in a thread") ## lookup status_id my_timeline <- get_timeline(rtweet:::home_user()) ## ID for reply reply_id <- my_timeline$status_id[1] ## post reply post_tweet("second in the thread", in_reply_to_status_id = reply_id) # }