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Clarify Twitter access levels
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nijel committed Dec 15, 2021
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credentials`_), the parameter is sent automatically, but the
applicaton needs to be whitelisted in order to get a valid value.

- You’ll need to apply for Elevated access via the Developer Portal, see `Twitter access levels`_ for more info.

Twitter usually fails with a 401 error when trying to call the request-token
URL, this is usually caused by server datetime errors (check miscellaneous
section). Installing ``ntp`` and syncing the server date with some pool does
the trick.


.. _Twitter development resources: https://dev.twitter.com/oauth
.. _Twitter App Creation: https://apps.twitter.com/apps/new
.. _Twitter verify credentials: https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/get/account/verify_credentials
.. _Twitter verify credentials: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/v1/accounts-and-users/manage-account-settings/api-reference/get-account-verify_credentials
.. _Twitter access levels: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/getting-started/about-twitter-api#v2-access-level

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