To use the Twitter API you will need the following:
- A Twitter Account
- A phone number must be added to this account
Get a Developer Account, by clicking “Sign Up” here you will be asked to create a project and a development app during this process. Twitter may offer you your API Key, Secret, and Bearer Token as this point. Save them for later. With all that done, you should see a dashboard.
Once that’s done, you can gather your Consumer Keys. You can do so by clicking the Key icon next to your app’s name. This will take you to a Keys and tokens tab.
Click the black button to the right of “API Key and Secret” to generate and retrieve your consumer keys.
Back in the dashboard, you may have noticed where the word Essential. This is a new tiered access structure which controls which types of searches your app can perform. You will need to apply for Elevated access in order for Federation Servicestion Services to read Tweets. On the right-hand side of the dashboard, you should see an offer to apply for Elevated access. Fill in the required information, and when it asks why you need access, use the following:
We are performing a migration of a user’s twitter data, and the tool we use only works with Twitter’s v1.1 APIs. So, we will need elevated access in order to retrieve the user’s tweets and attached metadata.
Answer “No” to the following questions. Access is usually granted within a few hours, but it may be as long as a day.