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New tweet by a specific user

This Trigger fires every time the Twitter user you specify tweets.

About this trigger

Triggers, queries, and actions are the building blocks of Applets. Triggers tell an Applet to start, queries ask a question, and actions are its end result.

Developer info

Description
This Trigger fires every time the Twitter user you specify tweets.
API endpoint slug
twitter.new_tweet_by_user

Trigger fields

Username Text input

Label
Username to watch
Slug
username
Required
true
Can have default value
true

Ingredients

TextThe tweet itself.

Slug
Text
Filter code
Twitter.newTweetByUser.Text
Type
String
Example
Is eating cheerios for breakfast.

User nameUser name of tweeter.

Slug
UserName
Filter code
Twitter.newTweetByUser.UserName
Type
String
Example
ltibbets

Link to tweetThe URL to the tweet itself.

Slug
LinkToTweet
Filter code
Twitter.newTweetByUser.LinkToTweet
Type
String
Example
http://twitter.com/ifttt/status/33262764734693376

Tweet embed codeThe HTML embed code for the Tweet.

Slug
TweetEmbedCode
Filter code
Twitter.newTweetByUser.TweetEmbedCode
Type
String
Example
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The Lady Bunch: <a href="https://t.co/zEviglOupP">https://t.co/zEviglOupP</a> <a href="http://t.co/HPCY5DOSjR">pic.twitter.com/HPCY5DOSjR</a></p>&mdash; Today at IFTTT (@TodayAtIFTTT) <a href="https://twitter.com/Today

Created atDate and time tweet was created.

Slug
CreatedAt
Filter code
Twitter.newTweetByUser.CreatedAt
Type
String
Example
August 23, 2010 at 11:01PM