Twitter API libraries for desktop apps?

Question

I'm looking for a way to fetch recent posts from twitter. Really I just want to be able to grab and store new posts about a certain topic from twitter in a text file. Are there any current programs or libraries which do this (prefrably C++, although python is ok too)? What would people suggest?

Answer 1

you can check the API docs here, some of the projects that are listed there:

C++

QTweetLib - C++ Qt based Twitter library

QTwitLib by Bradley Lackey & Maks Zolin. C++ library for Linux, Windows, and Mac. Currently in beta. Unmaintained since 2009.

Twitcurl by Mahesh. C++ library which uses curl library for HTTP interaction with Twitter API.

Python

python-twitter here

oauth-python-twitter2 by Konpaku Kogasa. Combines python-twitter and oauth-python-twitter to create an evolved OAuth Pokemon. Unmaintained since 2010.

python-twyt by Andrew Price. BSD licensed Twitter API interface library and command line client. Project discontinued.

twitty-twister by Dustin Sallings. A Twisted interface to Twitter.

twython by Ryan McGrath. REST and Search library inspired by python-twitter.

Tweepy by Josh Roesslein. Supports OAuth, Search API, Streaming API.