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picardo
picardo

Reputation: 24896

How to use Twitter gem in Rails?

I am planning to use the Twitter gem in my app, but I am stuck trying to figure out what an OAUTH token is, and where can get it. Twitter's documentation has been no help to me so far.

Twitter.configure do |config|
  config.consumer_key = YOUR_CONSUMER_KEY
  config.consumer_secret = YOUR_CONSUMER_SECRET
  config.oauth_token = YOUR_OAUTH_TOKEN
  config.oauth_token_secret = YOUR_OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET
end

Twitter.user

Can anyone gently explain to me what I need to do in order to set this up correctly to use in my app?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 967

Answers (2)

Gazler
Gazler

Reputation: 84190

You should only need the consumer key and consumer secret. The oauth token and oauth secret are for the non-browser version of the app (I can't remember the actual word) which allows you to have a permanent link to twitter from an account to tweet without authorizing each time.

Upvotes: 1

seeingidog
seeingidog

Reputation: 1206

Go to http://developer.twitter.com/ Register an app (make one up).. All the authentication information you need will be provided.

Upvotes: 1

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