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Twitter Developer Account Setup

To properly authenticate and use the Twitter API you will have to create a developer application. Then, you can generate a client ID and client secret to use with this project.

  1. Create a Twitter developer account here: Twitter Developer Portal

  2. Create an project and application.

    Use http://localhost:8080 as the 'Callback URI / Redirect URL' Use http://github.com/jarulsamy/Twitter-Archive as the Website URL

  3. Generate an OAuth 2.0 client ID and client secret by following this documentation: Twitter API Key and Secret Docs

  4. Save your tokens to use with this application.

  5. Ensure your 'User authentication settings' look something like this: