Frustrated by using Twitters API or performing OAUTH just to get an already publicly tweet?

Today I bring you an awesome JavaScript Implementation developed by Jason Mayes. This returns to you your raw tweet text so you can do with it as you please and style it how you want on your own website – as it should be. Instructions on how to get it working with your tweets are in the code comments on the following link:-

See here: http://codepen.io/jasonmayes/pen/Ioype

You can download the latest build on GitHub

Here is the basic code:-

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<a id="linkage" href="http://www.jasonmayes.com/projects/twitterApi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Visit my website</a>
<h2>Query 1: My latest tweet</h2>
<div id="example1"></div>
<h2>Query 2: What people are saying about this component!</h2>
<div id="example2"></div>
<h2>Query 3: Last 5 Twitter posts using hastag #Caturday, including images (if any)</h2>
<div id="example3"></div>
<h2>Query 4: Last 3 Twitter posts using hastag #API</h2>
<div id="example4"></div>
<h2>Query 5: Last 3 Twitter posts using hastag #API with custom callback</h2>
<div id="example5"></div>
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/* 
* Example style!
* You can do whatever the hell you want on your site :-)
*/

h2 {
  clear:both;
}

p, a {
  font-size:9pt;
  margin:10px 0 0 0;
  color:#3d3d3d;
}

a, a:visited {
  color:#427fed;
}

a:hover {
  color:#82afff;
}

ul li {
  list-style:none;
  overflow:hidden;
  border:1px solid #dedede;
  margin:5px;
  padding:5px;
}

ul li:hover {
  background-color:#f0f3fb;
}

.user, .tweet, .timePosted {
  float:left;
}

.user {
  width:25%;
}

.tweet {
  width:50%;
}

.timePosted {
  width:15%;
}

.user {
  clear:left;
}

.user a {
 width: 100px;
}

.user span span {
  width:100px;
  display:block;
  margin-top:10px;
}

.user img, .user a > span {
  float:left;
}

.interact {
  float:left;
  width:10%;
  margin-top:-7px;
}

.interact a {
  margin-left:5px;
  float:left;
}

.user a > span {
  margin-left:10px;
}

.media img {
  max-width:250px;
  max-height:250px;
}

#linkage {
  position:fixed;
  top:0px;
  right:0px;
  background-color:#3d3d3d;
  color:#ffffff;
  text-decoration:none;
  padding:5px;
  width:10%;
  font-family:arial;
}

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/*********************************************************************
*  #### Twitter Post Fetcher v15.0.1 ####
*  Coded by Jason Mayes 2015. A present to all the developers out there.
*  www.jasonmayes.com
*  Please keep this disclaimer with my code if you use it. Thanks. :-)
*  Got feedback or questions, ask here:
*  http://www.jasonmayes.com/projects/twitterApi/
*  Github: https://github.com/jasonmayes/Twitter-Post-Fetcher
*  Updates will be posted to this site.
*********************************************************************/
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/**
 * ### HOW TO CREATE A VALID ID TO USE: ###
 * Go to www.twitter.com and sign in as normal, go to your settings page.
 * Go to "Widgets" on the left-hand side.
 * Create a new widget for what you need eg "user timeline" or "search" etc.
 * Feel free to check "exclude replies" if you don't want replies in results.
 * Now go back to settings page, and then go back to widgets page and
 * you should see the widget you just created. Click edit.
 * Look at the URL in your web browser, you will see a long number like this:
 * 345735908357048478
 * Use this as your ID below instead!
 */

/**
 * How to use TwitterFetcher's fetch function:
 * 
 * @function fetch(object) Fetches the Twitter content according to
 *     the parameters specified in object.
 * 
 * @param object {Object} An object containing case sensitive key-value pairs
 *     of properties below.
 * 
 * You may specify at minimum the following two required properties:
 * 
 * @param object.id {string} The ID of the Twitter widget you wish
 *     to grab data from (see above for how to generate this number).
 * @param object.domId {string} The ID of the DOM element you want
 *     to write results to.
 *
 * You may also specify one or more of the following optional properties
 *     if you desire:
 *
 * @param object.maxTweets [int] The maximum number of tweets you want
 *     to return. Must be a number between 1 and 20. Default value is 20.
 * @param object.enableLinks [boolean] Set false if you don't want
 *     urls and hashtags to be hyperlinked.
 * @param object.showUser [boolean] Set false if you don't want user
 *     photo / name for tweet to show.
 * @param object.showTime [boolean] Set false if you don't want time of tweet
 *     to show.
 * @param object.dateFunction [function] A function you can specify
 *     to format date/time of tweet however you like. This function takes
 *     a JavaScript date as a parameter and returns a String representation
 *     of that date.
 * @param object.showRetweet [boolean] Set false if you don't want retweets
 *     to show.
 * @param object.customCallback [function] A function you can specify
 *     to call when data are ready. It also passes data to this function
 *     to manipulate them yourself before outputting. If you specify
 *     this parameter you must output data yourself!
 * @param object.showInteraction [boolean] Set false if you don't want links
 *     for reply, retweet and favourite to show.
 * @param object.showImages [boolean] Set true if you want images from tweet
 *     to show.
 * @param object.lang [string] The abbreviation of the language you want to use
 *     for Twitter phrases like "posted on" or "time ago". Default value
 *     is "en" (English).
 */

// ##### Simple example 1 #####
// A simple example to get my latest tweet and write to a HTML element with
// id "example1". Also automatically hyperlinks URLS and user mentions and
// hashtags.
var config1 = {
  "id": '345170787868762112',
  "domId": 'example1',
  "maxTweets": 1,
  "enableLinks": true,
  "showPermalinks": false
};
twitterFetcher.fetch(config1);


// ##### Simple example 2 #####
// A simple example to get my latest 5 of my favourite tweets and write to a
// HTML element with id "talk". Also automatically hyperlinks URLs and user
// mentions and hashtags but do not display time of post. We also make the
// request to Twitter specifying we would like results where possible in
// English language.
var config2 = {
  "id": '347099293930377217',
  "domId": 'example2',
  "maxTweets": 5,
  "enableLinks": true, 
  "showUser": true,
  "showTime": true,
  "lang": 'en'
};
twitterFetcher.fetch(config2);


// ##### Simple example 3 #####
// A simple example to get latest 5 tweets for #API tag and shows any images
// attached to tweets.
var config3 = {
  "id": '502160051226681344',
  "domId": 'example3',
  "maxTweets": 5,
  "enableLinks": true,
  "showImages": true
};
twitterFetcher.fetch(config3);


// ##### Advanced example #####
// An advance example to get latest 5 posts using hashtag #API and write to a
// HTML element with id "tweets2" without showing user details and using a
// custom format to display the date/time of the post, and does not show
// retweets.
var config4 = {
  "id": '345690956013633536',
  "domId": 'example4',
  "maxTweets": 3,
  "enableLinks": true,
  "showUser": false,
  "showTime": true,
  "dateFunction": dateFormatter,
  "showRetweet": false
};

// For advanced example which allows you to customize how tweet time is
// formatted you simply define a function which takes a JavaScript date as a
// parameter and returns a string!
// See http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_date.asp for properties
// of a Date object.
function dateFormatter(date) {
  return date.toTimeString();
}

twitterFetcher.fetch(config4);


// ##### Advanced example 2 #####
// Similar as previous, except this time we pass a custom function to render the
// tweets ourself! Useful if you need to know exactly when data has returned or
// if you need full control over the output.

var config5 = {
  "id": '345690956013633536',
  "domId": '',
  "maxTweets": 3,
  "enableLinks": true,
  "showUser": true,
  "showTime": true,
  "dateFunction": '',
  "showRetweet": false,
  "customCallback": handleTweets,
  "showInteraction": false
};

function handleTweets(tweets) {
    var x = tweets.length;
    var n = 0;
    var element = document.getElementById('example5');
    var html = '<ul>';
    while(n < x) {
      html += '<li>' + tweets[n] + '</li>';
      n++;
    }
    html += '</ul>';
    element.innerHTML = html;
}

twitterFetcher.fetch(config5);
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