/how-to-make-mikutter-work-again

MAKE MIKUTTER GREAT AGAIN

How to make mikutter work again

IT IS "NOT" OFFICIAL DOCUMENT OF MIKUTTER PROJECT OR TWITTER. DO NOT CONTACT TO @TOSHI_A AND TWITTER INC.

Get Consumer key

  • ALL STEPS REQUIRED!!
  • Required environments/items
    • PC Web browser
    • Mobile phone that can use SMS

Register your mobile phone to twitter account

  1. Open your Web browser
  2. Access Twitter account settings page
  3. Open "Mobile"
  4. Set your mobile phone number.

Mobile page

  1. Twitter send verify code (6-digits) to your phone then input it.

input 6-digits

  1. If you added your phone successfully, Twitter shows "Your phone is activated!".

added your phone successfully

create app

  1. Access Twitter Apps
  2. Click "Create New App"

Twitter Apps page

  1. Input app information
    • Name: your app name
      • YOU CANNOT USE "mikutter". mikutter is already taken for Name.
    • Description: Sloppy strings ;-)
    • Website: Sloppy URL or your website

example for app information

  1. Agree Developer Agreement
  2. Click "Create your Twitter application"
  3. Open "Permissions" tab on the moved application settings page.
  4. Change "Access" to "Read, Write and Access direct messages".
  5. Click "Update Settings"

Permission page

  1. Open "Keys and Access Tokens".
  2. Copy the "Consumer Key" and the "Consumer Secret".

your the "Consumer Key" and the "Consumer Secret" is here

mikutter configuration

This step differs depending on the version using mikutter!!

Case of you using mikutter greater than version 3.7 (RECOMMENDED)

You can change consumer key and consumer secret by 3rd party(but made by toshi_a) plugin named "twitter_api_keys".

  1. Open terminal app.
  2. Put below command to install twitter_api_keys plugin.
$ mkdir ~/.mikutter/plugin/; git clone https://github.com/toshia/twitter_api_keys.git ~/.mikutter/plugin/twitter_api_keys
  1. Open the plugin file with text editor you like.
$ vi ~/.mikutter/plugin/twitter_api_keys/twitter_api_keys.rb
  1. Paste "Consumer Key" and the "Consumer Secret" here.
(ORIGINAL CODE)
  # 以下の'から'の間に、Consumer Key(APIKey)を入れる
  consumer_key = ''
  # 以下の'から'の間に、Consumer Secret(APISecret)を入れる
  consumer_secret = ''

(TRANSLATED AND EXAMPLE)
  # Put the Consumer Key(APIKey) below into the single quote.
  consumer_key = 'uqrItd0YPTARVBOBILLARuW4B'
  # Put the Consumer Secret(APISecret) below into the single quote.
  consumer_secret = 'dcQuDiro1Z41xPynWoo8YtGLuCUpLqOBs6ymEJEuiiino8c1O0'
  1. Save it.

Case of you using mikutter less than version 3.7

If you using mikutter up to version 3.6.x, you cannot use above plugin. You should change the source code of mikutter directly.

  1. Open config.rb with text editor you like.
$ vi /path/to/mikutter/core/config.rb
  1. change below lines.
(ORIGINAL)
  # 下の２行は馬鹿にしか見えない
  TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY = "PYO0IZRiGsBrKmVTMmyh8A4lv"
  TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET = "VFTfQrYDVrNUvYcSV6fDDSc5CBsFnXMCaYoRYdMuJDERwcYzL7"

(EXAMPLE)
  # 下の２行は馬鹿にしか見えない
  TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY = "uqrItd0YPTARVBOBILLARuW4B"
  TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET = "dcQuDiro1Z41xPynWoo8YtGLuCUpLqOBs6ymEJEuiiino8c1O0"
  1. Save it.

Account Settings on the mikutter

  1. Run mikutter
  2. Open Settings
  3. Open "Accounts"
  4. If you find twitter account settings, Read below "If already added twitter account(s) in the mikutter" section.
  5. Click add
  6. Follow the wizard instructions to add twitter account to mikutter.

If already added twitter account(s) in the mikutter

After changed consumer key, you SHOULD remove the ALL twitter account settings from the mikutter once.

License

The MIT License

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