HackMD/docs/guides/auth/twitter.md

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Authentication guide - Twitter

Note: This guide was written before the renaming. Just replace HackMD with CodiMD in your mind 😄 thanks!

  1. Sign-in or sign-up for a Twitter account
  2. Go to the Twitter Application management page here
  3. Click on the Create New App button to create a new Twitter app:

create-twitter-app

  1. Fill out the create application form, check the developer agreement box, and click Create Your Twitter Application

register-twitter-application

Note: you may have to register your phone number with Twitter to create a Twitter application

To do this Click your profile icon --> Settings and privacy --> Mobile --> Select Country/region --> Enter phone number --> Click Continue

  1. After you receive confirmation that the Twitter application was created, click Keys and Access Tokens

twitter-app-confirmation

  1. Obtain your Twitter Consumer Key and Consumer Secret

twitter-app-keys

  1. Add your Consumer Key and Consumer Secret to your config.json file or pass them as environment variables:
    • config.json:
      {
        "production": {
          "twitter": {
              "consumerKey": "esTCJFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
              "consumerSecret": "zpCs4tU86pRVXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
          }
        }
      }
      
    • environment variables:
      HMD_TWITTER_CONSUMERKEY=esTCJFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
      HMD_TWITTER_CONSUMERSECRET=zpCs4tU86pRVXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX