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Do I need OAuth to get public twitter status updates?

I just need to retrieve a public user feed, but some aspects of Twitter's documentation are terrible (unless someone else knows of a "What you can do with the API" page). Do I need to use OAuth for something as simple as that? Does registering an application with Twitter make it public in any way? (I would expect not, but the "Application Name" must be unique, which makes me worry.)

Solution

  • Using Twitter API v1 you do not need OAuth to retrieve public user_timelines. OAuth could be useful for an increased rate limit however.

    In Twitter API v1.1 authentication with OAuth is required for all API requests.