Twitter Configuration

This session shows how to register an App on Twitter. When registering the application, we are getting the following two values that are needed for later configuration in Datawiza Cloud Management Console (DCMC):

• Consumer API Key
• Consumer API Secret

Register a new OAuth App

1. Register a new App on the Twitter Developer Portal. When performing this step, make sure to login to your developer account on Twitter. Visit the link here to create one.

2. Select the App Environment, for testing purposes, you can choose Development or Staging. We choose Staging here as an example.

3. Input the App name:

4. Note down the API Key and API Key Secret, which are Consumer API Key and Consumer API Secret we need. then click App settings:

5. Click Set up:

6. Enable OAuth 1.0a, and Request email from users:

7. Input the required URLs:

• Callback URI/Redirect URL: http(s)://yourhost.com/datawiza/authorization-code/callback
• Website URL: http(s)://yourhost.com
• Terms of service: Your terms of service address
• Privacy policy: Your privacy policy address
• Click Save.

Please note that don’t use localhost as a callback URL, which is not valid for twitter. You can see here for more information.

Summary

We have shown how to register an application on Twitter. Please make sure to save the following two values for later setting in Datawiza Cloud Management Console.

• Consumer API Key
• Consumer API Secret