andrewrmn/tweet-server

Tweet via Javascript Twitter Server

Simple Server that waits for POST requests to tweets content. Works nicely for static websites, in my case — a Jekyll website hosted on GitHub Pages.

Instructions

1. Create your APP and get your keys here
2. Create a new Heroku App
3. In your new Heroku App, go to settings and create new Config Vars called CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET, ACCESS_TOKEN and ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET and enter your corresponding keys in the value fields
4. Clone this repo
5. Deploy your app via the Heroku CLI or hook up your GitHub repository via the Deploy tab in your Heroku App
6. After you deploy your app, your app url should display 'Waiting for tweets'

Client-Side Instructions

1. We need to send our form data to our Heroku App. Our form submit function should look something like this:

  form.addEventListener("submit", function(e){
      var data = form.serialize();

      fetch('YOUR HEROKU APP URL HERE', {
        method:'POST',
        headers: {
          'Accept': 'application/json, text/plain, */*',
          'Content-type':'application/json'
        },
        body:JSON.stringify(data)
      })
      .then((res) => res.json())
      .then((data) => {
        console.log(data.success);
        if( data.success === true ){
            // Show success message
        }
      });
  });

2. If the tweet was created successfully we should receive a success message in the console and also see our new tweet in our profile!