- Go to the URL: https://apps.twitter.com/
- select: create twitter application
- fill in form then agree then ok
- if you are asked for a portable phone number:
in
another web browser window, add portable phone number to your
twitter account: https://twitter.com/settings/devices
- Once you application is created, you should get the following information
with in particular the two following keys (personal
information are in brackets and may be not displayed):
App.TwitterConsumerKey=[...]
App.TwitterSecretKey=[...]
APPLICATION INFORMATION:
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Your application has been created. Please take a moment to review and
adjust your application's settings.
[Firstname Lastname]
Test OAuth
Primary tabs
Details(active tab)
Settings
Keys and Access Tokens
Permissions
[challenge organiser]
[https://deft.limsi.fr/2015]
Organization
Information about the organization or company associated with your
application. This information is optional.
Organization None
Organization website None
Application Settings
...
- MENU:
Key and Access token (from my Twitter Application subsite)
You should get the following information with the two following
supplementary keys (personal
information are in brackets and may be not displayed):
App.TwitterAccessToken=[...]
App.TwitterAccessTokenSecret=[...]
Application Settings
Keep the "Consumer Secret" a secret. This key should never be
human-readable in your application.
Consumer Key (API Key) [...]
Consumer Secret (API Secret) [...]
Access Level Read-only (modify app permissions)
Owner [deft2015]
Owner ID [...]
Application Actions
Regenerate Consumer Key and SecretChange App Permissions
Your Access Token
This access token can be used to make API requests on your own
account's behalf. Do not share your access token secret with anyone.
Access Token [...]
Access Token Secret [...]
Access Level Read-only
Owner [deft2015]
Owner ID [...]
Token Actions
Regenerate My Access Token and Token SecretRevoke Token Access
- Put the 4 codes into the file
.../tweet_basic-retriever/App.properties (personal
information in brackets are not displayed)
App.TwitterConsumerKey=[...]
App.TwitterSecretKey=[...]
App.TwitterAccessToken=[...]
App.TwitterAccessTokenSecret=[...]
- in the file
.../tweet_basic-retriever/App.properties
provide the following 3 parameters:
# by default, retrieve only tweet as txt file, uncomment to have both
txt and json
App.retrievemode=mixte
# Filepath of file containing IDs to retrieved. 1 ID per line
App.InputFile=/home/pap/uComp_CHISTERA2012/TOOLS/tweeter_downloader_amel_fraisse/DATA/test/tweet_id_list_10_items.txt
# Folder on wich the retrieved tweets will be written. Must be ended by /
App.OutputPath=/home/pap/uComp_CHISTERA2012/TOOLS/tweeter_downloader_amel_fraisse/DATA/test/
- Now the tweet downloader can be run:
cd .../tweet_basic-retriever/
java -jar -Dlog4j.configuration=file:log4j.properties tweet_basic-retriever.jar
It works! The printed tweet ids are well downloaded:
15:57:54,047 INFO TweetsRetriever:126 - Tweet 505339685557006336
successfully retrieved
15:57:54,050 INFO TweetsRetriever:126 - Tweet 504663001132437505
successfully retrieved
15:57:54,050 INFO TweetsRetriever:126 - Tweet 506672487196004352
successfully retrieved
15:57:54,051 INFO TweetsRetriever:126 - Tweet 506829902746636288
successfully retrieved
15:57:54,052 INFO TweetsRetriever:126 - Tweet 506430083008323584
successfully retrieved
15:57:54,052 INFO TweetsRetriever:126 - Tweet 506116782600757249
successfully retrieved
15:57:54,052 INFO TweetsRetriever:126 - Tweet 507388449792335874
successfully retrieved
15:57:54,052 INFO TweetsRetriever:126 - Tweet 507206491330609152
successfully retrieved