How to get Tweet ID from tweet event

Question

I am using the Twitter web-intents / javascript API, and I'm a bit surprised. What I'd like to do is listen for an event after a tweet occurs. Following their example:

twttr.events.bind('tweet', function(event) {
    // Do something there
});

However, what I'd like to do is store the tweet id, or some other relevant information. If I take a look at the event object, there doesn't appear to be any relevant information in the data attribute.

Is it possible to obtain the tweet ID (or any other details about the tweet) by listening to a tweet event?

Answer 1

Web Intent events exist as a mechanism to trigger functionality in your page, not a data API.

The tweet event gets fired to indicate that a Tweet has happened, but we don't provide identifying information through the event payload: Intents function on your site without a user authorizing you access to their account, and providing a Tweet ID for an anonymous user's action would implicitly provide you with their identity.