infinite-Joy/twitter-app

Twitter Python QuickStart

with code contributions and references taken from Google Plus QuickStart Python

System Requirements

• Python2.7
• Flask

Step 1: Enable the Twitter API

This seems like a good resource for step by step documentation with screenshots regarding the twitter api.

how to get api key and secret

Please suggest if any better resources are out there.

Step 2: Set up the Python quick-start app

1. Get the latest version of the quick-start. One way is to use git to clone the application repository.

git clone https://github.com/infinite-Joy/twitter-app.git

Or, download the application as a zip file, and extract the library and quick-start code:

wget https://github.com/infinite-Joy/twitter-app/archive/master.zip -o twitter-app unzip twitter-app.zip

2. Change directory into the quick-start app

cd twitter-app

3. Install the requirements of this quick start

pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 3: Run the quick-start app

1. Run the Python quick-start app:

python main_flask_server.py

2. Browse to your quick-start app, which by default is at http://localhost:4864