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Tracking tweets using Web Intents and the Twitter API
<!-- Include the twitter JS library -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<!-- Tweet button with just text -->
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=My first tweet using Web Intents">Tweet</a></p>
<!-- Tweet button with link and text -->
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http://www.webniraj.com/2013/08/08/twitter-api-tracking-tweets-using-web-intents/&text=Tracking tweets using Web Intents:"><img src="https://dev.twitter.com/sites/default/files/images_documentation/bird_blue_48.png" /></a></p>
<script type="text/javascript">
twttr.ready(function (twttr) {
// bind to the tweet event
twttr.events.bind('tweet', function( event ) {
// add ajax call here to store the tweet details
// i.e. increment a counter in your database
console.log( event );
} );
});
</script>
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