1. Chapter 1 Hello Twitter

   1. What Are You Doing?

   2. History of Twitter

   3. Creative Uses of Twitter

   4. A Changing Culture

2. Chapter 2 Twitter Applications

   1. Twitter’s Open API

   2. Finding Inspiration

   3. Tools for Publishing

   4. Tools for the Information Stream

   5. Tools of Appropriation

   6. Tools for Search

   7. Tools of Aggregation

   8. Tools for Statistics

   9. Tools for the Follow Network

   10. And Many More

3. Chapter 3 Web Programming Basics

   1. XHTML

   2. CSS

   3. PHP

   4. MySQL

   5. A Place to Call /home

   6. Further Reading

4. Chapter 4 Meet the Twitter API

   1. Accessing the API

   2. Play Along at Home

   3. The API Methods

   4. Other Data Options

   5. Gone Phishing: A Word About Passwords

5. Chapter 5 Meet the Output

   1. User Objects

   2. Status Objects

   3. Message Objects

   4. Search Objects

   5. ID Objects

   6. Response Objects

   7. Hash Objects

6. Chapter 6 Application Setup

   1. Establishing Your Twitter Account

   2. Creating Your Database

   3. Included Functions

   4. CSS

7. Chapter 7 Sample Applications

   1. Meet the Sample Apps

   2. Administration Tool

   3. Tweet Publisher

   4. Auto Tweet

   5. Tweet Broadcast

   6. Broadcast Feed

   7. Tweet Alert

   8. Network Viewer

   9. Best of Twitter API

8. Chapter 8 Automated Tasks

   1. RSS to Tweet

   2. Aggregate Broadcast

   3. Scan Tweets

   4. Queue Users

   5. Collect Favorites

1. Appendix Twitter API Reference

   1. Status Methods

   2. Users Methods

   3. Direct Message Methods

   4. Friendship Methods

   5. Social Graph Methods

   6. Account Methods

   7. Favorite Methods

   8. Notification Methods

   9. Block Methods

   10. Help Methods

   11. Search Methods

2. Colophon

The animal on the cover of Twitter API: Up and Running is a white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis). This small songbird is 5 to 6 inches in length with a wingspan of 8 to 11 inches. It has a large head, short tail, and a white face and dark crown. The name nuthatch refers to its habit of gathering nuts and seeds, jamming them into tree bark, and then hammering or "hatching" them open with their strong beaks.

A common species, the white-breasted nuthatch has an estimated total population of 10 million. It lives in woodland areas across North America, from southern Canada to southern Mexico. At least nine subspecies exist, although the differences between them are small (mainly plumage color) and change gradually across the range. Like other nuthatches, the white-breasted nuthatch is able to walk headfirst down tree trunks and can hang upside down from branches. This behavior is the reason for its several nicknames, including topsy-turvey bird, devil-down-head, and tree mouse.

The nuthatch is omnivorous, feeding on acorns and hickory nuts in the winter and insects in the summer. It builds nests 10 to 50 feet up in trees, usually in a hole lined with fur, grass, or bark. In spring the female nuthatch lays 3 to 10 eggs, which are white with reddish brown spots. Its main predators are hawks, owls, and snakes.

The cover image is from the Dover Pictorial Archive. The cover font is Adobe ITC Garamond. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSansMonoCondensed.