Chainink External Retweet Adapter

This external adapter is used to verify whether or not a specified twitter user has retweeted a tweet. It takes two parameters, "userid" and "tweetid", and returns true or false based on whether or not the user has retweeted the specific tweet.

Input Params

• userid: The id of a specific twitter user
• tweetid: The id of a specific tweet

Output

{
 "jobRunID": "1",
 "data": {
  "userid": "1234567",
  "tweetid": "1234567891011"
 },
 "result": true,
 "statusCode": 200
}

Install Locally

Install dependencies:

yarn

Test

Run the local tests:

yarn test

Natively run the application (defaults to port 8080):

Run

yarn start

Call the external adapter/API server

curl -X POST -H "content-type:application/json" "http://localhost:8080/" --data '{ "id": 0, "data": { "userid": "123456", "tweetid": "12345678910" } }'

AWS Lambda Setup

After installing locally:

Create the zip

zip -r external-adapter.zip .

Install

• In Lambda Functions, create function
• On the Create function page:
  • Give the function a name
  • Use Node.js 12.x for the runtime
  • Choose an existing role or create a new one
  • Click Create Function
• Under Function code, select "Upload a .zip file" from the Code entry type drop-down
• Click Upload and select the external-adapter.zip file
• Handler:
  • index.handler for REST API Gateways
  • index.handlerv2 for HTTP API Gateways
• Add the environment variable (repeat for all environment variables):
  • Key: API_KEY
  • Value: Your_API_key
• Save

To Set Up an API Gateway (HTTP API)

If using a HTTP API Gateway, Lambda's built-in Test will fail, but you will be able to externally call the function successfully.

• Click Add Trigger
• Select API Gateway in Trigger configuration
• Under API, click Create an API
• Choose HTTP API
• Select the security for the API
• Click Add

To Set Up an API Gateway (REST API)

If using a REST API Gateway, you will need to disable the Lambda proxy integration for Lambda-based adapter to function.

• Click Add Trigger
• Select API Gateway in Trigger configuration
• Under API, click Create an API
• Choose REST API
• Select the security for the API
• Click Add
• Click the API Gateway trigger
• Click the name of the trigger (this is a link, a new window opens)
• Click Integration Request
• Uncheck Use Lamba Proxy integration
• Click OK on the two dialogs
• Return to your function
• Remove the API Gateway and Save
• Click Add Trigger and use the same API Gateway
• Select the deployment stage and security
• Click Add