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twython v3.0.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2013-06-18 // almost 11 years ago
    • 🔄 Changed twython/twython.py to twython/api.py in attempt to make structure look a little neater
    • Removed all camelCase function access (anything like getHomeTimeline is now get_home_timeline)
    • ✂ Removed shorten_url. With the requests library, shortening a URL on your own is simple enough
    • twitter_token, twitter_secret and callback_url are no longer passed to Twython.__init__
      • twitter_token and twitter_secret have been replaced with app_key and app_secret respectively
      • callback_url is now passed through Twython.get_authentication_tokens
    • ⚡️ Update test_twython.py docstrings per http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0257/
    • Removed get_list_memberships, method is Twitter API 1.0 deprecated
    • Developers can now pass an array as a parameter to Twitter API methods and they will be automatically joined by a comma and converted to a string
    • endpoints.py now contains EndpointsMixin (rather than the previous api_table dict) for Twython, which enables Twython to use functions declared in the Mixin.
    • ➕ Added OAuth 2 authentication (Application Only) for when you want to make read-only calls to Twitter without having to go through the whole user authentication ritual (see docs for usage)
    • Added obtain_access_token to obtain an OAuth 2 Application Only read-only access token
    • construct_api_url now accepts keyword arguments like other Twython methods (e.g. instead of passing {'q': 'twitter', 'result_type': 'recent'}, pass q='twitter', result_type='recent')
    • Pass client_args to the Twython __init__ to manipulate request variables. client_args accepts a dictionary of keywords and values that accepted by requests (Session API <http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/api/#sessionapi>_) [ex. headers, proxies, verify(SSL verification)] and the "request" section directly below it.
    • Added get_application_rate_limit_status API method for returning the current rate limits for the specified source
    • ➕ Added invalidate_token API method which allows registed apps to revoke an access token presenting its client credentials
    • get_lastfunction_header now accepts a default_return_value parameter. This means that if you pass a second value (ex. Twython.get_lastfunction_header('x-rate-limit-remaining', 0)) and the value is not found, it returns your default value