twitter-api-example

requirements: node ^6.3.0, npm ^3.10.0

This is an example of a Twitter API call using Node.js + React/Redux with Universal/Isomorphic rendering, ES6 + await/async via babel-register and webpack, testing with Mocha/Chai/Enzyme.

Getting Started

Prepare your Twitter credentials

Get your Twitter API credentials (Tokens from dev.twitter.com)

Create a .env file in the project root with the Twitter API credentials:

TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

the .env file will be automatically loaded when you npm start, npm test, or npm run build

Install the minimum node dependencies

NODE_ENV=production npm install

Start the servers

npm start

Open your browser

http://localhost:8080

Testing

Install dev dependencies

NODE_ENV=development npm install

eslint

npm run lint

mocha

npm test

Building with Webpack

Make sure dev dependencies are installed

npm run build

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