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Twitter API examples & templates
Use these vals as a playground to view and fork Twitter API examples and templates on Val Town. Run any example below or find templates that can be used as a pre-built solution.
blog
@pomdtr
HTTP (deprecated)
Val Town Blog A blog written, developed and hosted on val.town. How ? Each article on this blog is contained single val, with a #blog tag. See this example article . // #blog
// title: Example Post
import { article } from "https://esm.town/v/pomdtr/article";
import { extractValInfo } from "https://esm.town/v/pomdtr/extractValInfo";
import { html } from "https://esm.town/v/stevekrouse/html?v=5";
export async function examplePost(req: Request) {
const { author, name } = extractValInfo(import.meta.url);
return html(await article(author, name));
} Each of these post work on it's own . This val is able to: list them with the /v1/search api (with a #blog query) post with different author than the owner of this val will be filtered out only public vals will be listed render the readme of those vals using remark (with github styling) This process run each time a user visit the web endpoint , so the blog is always up to date. You can get your own instance of the blog by just forking this val .
subscribeToNewsletter
@dvsj
HTTP (deprecated)
Add an email entry option to your static website/blog. Easy peasy. 🚀 PoV: You just hacked together a portfolio website or launched a blog as a static website. Some people who visit might be interested in hearing more from you. ❤️
But you don't want to get lost building your backend, API, DB or fancy apps like SubstandardStack or MailMachineGun for people to sign up to your newsletter. 😩 All you want is a simple input box on your website - when someone types their email , username or social link in and submits it, you want to be notified. psst...do you want another one that uses the DB instead of email so you can look up all entries at once? Let me know and I'll get cooking! Quickstart Call the val URL with data in the query param userContact . That's it! // Format
`https://<val_url>?userContact=<mandatory_primary_contact>`
// Examples
`https://dvsj-subscribeToNewsletter.web.val.run?userContact=dav.is@zohomail.in`
`https://dvsj-subscribeToNewsletter.web.val.run?userContact=CatalanCabbage` Bonus Have extra data apart from email? Pass any encoded data in the queryParam userData , will be included in the email. It's optional. // Format
`https://<val_url>?userContact=<mandatory_primary_contact>&userData=<optional_any_data>`
//Examples
`https://dvsj-subscribeToNewsletter.web.val.run?userContact=dav.is@zohomail.in&userData={"time": "2/2/1969", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/dvsj_in"}`
// Note: All values should be URL encoded. Example:
let userData = {"time": "2/2/1969", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/dvsj_in"}
let encodedUserData = encodeURIComponent(userData) //This should go in the query param Want bot protection? Add a simple question to your website, like "okay, so what's one minus one?" . In the val, set isBotProtectionOn = true and botProtectionAnswer="0" . When you call the val, include the encoded user's answer to the bot question as botProtection query param. Answer will be compared with botProtectionAnswer ; if the answer is wrong, the request is rejected. // Format
`https://<val_url>?userContact=<mandatory_primary_contact>&userData=<optional_any_data>&botProtection=<answer>`
//Examples
`https://dvsj-subscribeToNewsletter.web.val.run?userContact=dav.is@zohomail.in&botProtection=123` Add it to your website Want to add it to your site but get a headstart coding it? Use this ChatGPT prompt to get code for your website! I'm building a simple form submission component. It should a submit button and these 2 input boxes:
1. "userContact" to get the user's email (mandatory)
2. "userData" to get a custom message from the user (optional)
On clicking the submit button:
1. Both input values should be encoded using "encodeURIComponent"
2. A GET URL should be built in this format with query params. Include userData query param only if input is not null or empty.
`https://dvsj-subscribeToNewsletter.web.val.run?userContact=<encodedUserContact>&userData=<encodedUserData>`
3. The GET URL should be called and result printed in the console.
I'm using React, so make it a react component.
