Method request

twython/api.py:239–275

Return dict of response received from Twitter's API :param endpoint: (required) Full url or Twitter API endpoint (e.g. search/tweets) :type endpoint: string :param method: (optional) Method of accessing data, either GET, POST o

(self, endpoint, method='GET', params=None, version='1.1', json_encoded=False)

        return error_message

    def request(self, endpoint, method='GET', params=None, version='1.1', json_encoded=False):
        """Return dict of response received from Twitter's API

        :param endpoint: (required) Full url or Twitter API endpoint
                         (e.g. search/tweets)
        :type endpoint: string
        :param method: (optional) Method of accessing data, either
                       GET, POST or DELETE. (default GET)
        :type method: string
        :param params: (optional) Dict of parameters (if any) accepted
                       the by Twitter API endpoint you are trying to
                       access (default None)
        :type params: dict or None
        :param version: (optional) Twitter API version to access
                        (default 1.1)
        :type version: string
        :param json_encoded: (optional) Flag to indicate if this method should send data encoded as json
                        (default False)
        :type json_encoded: bool

        :rtype: dict
        """

        if endpoint.startswith('http://'):
            raise TwythonError('api.twitter.com is restricted to SSL/TLS traffic.')

        # In case they want to pass a full Twitter URL
        # i.e. https://api.twitter.com/1.1/search/tweets.json
        if endpoint.startswith('https://'):
            url = endpoint
        else:
            url = '%s/%s.json' % (self.api_url % version, endpoint)

        content = self._request(url, method=method, params=params,
                                api_call=url, json_encoded=json_encoded)

        return content

    def get(self, endpoint, params=None, version='1.1'):
        """Shortcut for GET requests via :class:`request`"""