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Twitter API

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- [Instructor] The next iteration of our course project builds integration with Twitter's REST API to listen for tweets made about specific topics. The Twitter API is one of the most popular public APIs available. It has a long history that dates back to its release in 2006. Today, the Twitter API is just part of the Twitter developer platform. This platform features an ads API, tools for embedding content into websites and an experimental lab. What draws developers to the Twitter API is the sheer volume of data that can be analyzed and listened to for specific events. The Twitter platform has an estimated 330 million active users per month. People across the world make 200 billion tweets per year. That means roughly every second, there are 6,000 tweets. Think about all those tweets that just occurred. Those tweets tap into the hearts and minds of people around the world, creating a stream of information that…

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