Condor 3How to obtain the four Twitter API Keys

Updated July 16, 2017

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To obtain the 4 Twitter API Keys :

1. Create a Twitter account, if you do not already have one2. Create a new Twitter app, which enables you to obtain the four API Keys3. Enter the four required keys into a Twitter search

Note: You only do this once.

1. Create a Twitter account, if you do not have one,otherwise, skip this step.

https://twitter.com/login

2. Sign in to create a new Twitter app

https://apps.twitter.com

3. Enter your Twitter Phone, email or username, and password, click Log in.

4. Click, Create New App

5. Complete form. Click, Create Twitter App

6. Check, Yes, I agree

Note: Needs to be a unique name

Note: Leave blank

7. Click, “Create your Twitter application”

Note: Include “http://www.”

Note: Two of the four Twitter app API Keys are created.Another step will create two more Token Access Keys.

8. Click, Keys and Access Tokens, or Manage Keys and Access Tokens

9. At bottom of page, under “Token Actions,”Click “Create my access token”

8. Save these 4 Twitter Keys

1.2.

3.4.

Click Refresh.If needed

To Log back in:

https://apps.twitter.com

13. Sign out

14. Start Condor 3§ Remember to start MySQL first15. Create or switch to your database and open and existing dataset or create a new one.

Do a Twitter Fetch16. Enter a query, click Next

17. Select “Use the credentials from my “Twitter” app

Note:“Login with twitter,”will delete your consumer key and consumer secret key if entered previously.

Do a Twitter Fetch18. Enter your 4 Twitter Keys, click Next

Condor 3 Twitter Fetch Results

Note: Twitter Rate Limits“Rate limits are divided into 15 minute intervals.” …

…”There are two initial buckets available for GET requests: 15 calls every 15 minutes, and 180 calls every 15 minutes.”

See: https://dev.twitter.com/rest/public/rate-limiting

Twitter Rate Limit Exceed Error

… Wait 15 minutes try again

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