HackMD/docs/guides/auth/twitter.md
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Authentication guide - Twitter
===
1. Sign-in or sign-up for a Twitter account
2. Go to the Twitter Application management page [here](https://apps.twitter.com/)
3. Click on the **Create New App** button to create a new Twitter app:
![create-twitter-app](../images/auth/create-twitter-app.png)
4. Fill out the create application form, check the developer agreement box, and click **Create Your Twitter Application**
![register-twitter-application](../images/auth/register-twitter-application.png)
*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
5. After you receive confirmation that the Twitter application was created, click **Keys and Access Tokens**
![twitter-app-confirmation](../images/auth/twitter-app-confirmation.png)
6. Obtain your Twitter Consumer Key and Consumer Secret
![twitter-app-keys](../images/auth/twitter-app-keys.png)
7. Add your Consumer Key and Consumer Secret to your config.json file or pass them as environment variables:
* config.json:
````javascript
{
"production": {
"twitter": {
"consumerKey": "esTCJFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
"consumerSecret": "zpCs4tU86pRVXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
}
}
}
````
* environment variables:
````
HMD_TWITTER_CONSUMERKEY=esTCJFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
HMD_TWITTER_CONSUMERSECRET=zpCs4tU86pRVXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
````