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Twitter timeline widget embed via js
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<html> | |
<head> | |
<title>Twitter User Timeline Widget</title> | |
<script> | |
// I found Twitter's documentation for the user timeline a bit difficult | |
// to follow. Here's a very basic working example for others who might | |
// also struggle with it | |
// First, include the twitter wiget.js before anything that might require | |
// it. The docs recommend including it directly in the page template | |
window.twttr = (function(d, s, id) { | |
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], | |
t = window.twttr || {}; | |
if (d.getElementById(id)) return t; | |
js = d.createElement(s); | |
js.id = id; | |
js.src = "https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"; | |
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); | |
t._e = []; | |
t.ready = function(f) { | |
t._e.push(f); | |
}; | |
return t; | |
}(document, "script", "twitter-wjs")); | |
</script> | |
</head> | |
<body> | |
<div id="twitter-timeline"></div> | |
<script> | |
// Instantiate your widget | |
(function() { | |
// See https://dev.twitter.com/web/javascript/creating-widgets#create-timeline | |
var dataSource = { | |
sourceType: 'profile', | |
screenName: 'twitterdev' | |
}; | |
// Your HTML element's ID | |
var target = document.getElementById('twitter-timeline'); | |
// See https://dev.twitter.com/web/embedded-timelines/parameters | |
var options = { | |
chrome: 'nofooter', | |
height: 800, | |
width: 500 | |
}; | |
twttr.ready(function(twttr) { | |
twttr.widgets.createTimeline(dataSource, target, options); | |
}); | |
})() | |
</script> | |
</body> | |
</html> |
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