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?
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.