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Pradeeka Seneviratne
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Pradeeka Seneviratne

Pradeeka Seneviratne is a software engineer with over 10 years' experience in computer programming and systems design. He is an expert in the development of Arduino- and Raspberry Pi-based embedded systems. Pradeeka is currently a full-time embedded software engineer who works with embedded systems and highly scalable technologies. Previously, he worked as a software engineer for several IT infrastructure and technology servicing companies. He collaborated with the Outernet project as a volunteer hardware and software tester for Lighthouse- and Raspberry Pi-based DIY Outernet receivers based on Ku band satellite frequencies. He is also the author of five books: Internet of Things with Arduino Blueprints [Packt Publishing] IoT: Building Arduino-Based Projects [Packt Publishing] Building Arduino PLCs [Apress] Raspberry Pi 3 Projects for Java Programmers [Packt Publishing] Beginning BBC micro:bit [Apress]
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Creating a Twitter app and obtaining API keys


To proceed with our project, use the following steps to create a Twitter App and obtain the API keys.

  1. Go to https://apps.twitter.com/ and sign in with your Twitter login credentials (create a new Twitter account if you don't have one). The following page will display on the browser:

    apps.twitter.com, the Application Management start page

  2. Click on the Create New App button. The Create an application page will display:

    Twitter's Create an application page

  3. Fill in the required fields (for the website textbox, just type http://www.example.com as a placeholder), accept the Developer Agreement by clicking on the Yes, I agree checkbox.

  4. After this, click on the Create your Twitter application button.

  5. You will be navigated to the following page:

    The Twitter application settings page

  6. Click on the Keys and Access Tokens tab. Under this tab, you will find Consumer Key (API Key) and Consumer Secret (API Secret). Copy these two keys and paste them in a Notepad file...

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Pradeeka Seneviratne

Pradeeka Seneviratne is a software engineer with over 10 years' experience in computer programming and systems design. He is an expert in the development of Arduino- and Raspberry Pi-based embedded systems. Pradeeka is currently a full-time embedded software engineer who works with embedded systems and highly scalable technologies. Previously, he worked as a software engineer for several IT infrastructure and technology servicing companies. He collaborated with the Outernet project as a volunteer hardware and software tester for Lighthouse- and Raspberry Pi-based DIY Outernet receivers based on Ku band satellite frequencies. He is also the author of five books: Internet of Things with Arduino Blueprints [Packt Publishing] IoT: Building Arduino-Based Projects [Packt Publishing] Building Arduino PLCs [Apress] Raspberry Pi 3 Projects for Java Programmers [Packt Publishing] Beginning BBC micro:bit [Apress]
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