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##Setting up Twitter

To get started, create a new application on Twitter for your website by going to https://dev.twitter.com/apps/new. Once you are done creating your application you will be taken to the application page, from there navigate to the Keys and Access Tokens page.

At the top of the page it will give you a Consumer Key and a Consumer Secret that you will need. At the bottom of the page there is a link called Create my access token click on that link. It will auto-generate your Access Token and Access Token Secret that you will also need.

Once you have those four items open the server > .env file and enter:

  • Consumer key string under TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY
  • Consumer secret string under TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET
  • Access token string under TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY
  • Access token secret string under TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET

Also make sure to set:

  • TWITTER_INTEGRATION_DISABLED to false
  • TWITTER_USERNAME to your twitter username, without the @
  • TWITTER_UPDATE_FREQ_MINUTES to the number of minutes you want to wait before updating the data. Note A small number is not always the best and it might make Syte2 slow, use a number close to how often you tweet.

Next, restart the server and open the following url http://localhost:3000/twitter/setup. If everything is setup right, this will fetch about 300 of your recent tweets and save them to the database. If you have tweeted recently, you should be able to go to http://localhost:3000 and see in your stream and at this point your Twitter page should also be working.

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