SocialMediaLab (version 0.19.0)

AuthenticateWithTwitterAPI: Twitter API Authentication

Description

Oauth based authentication with the Twitter API

Usage

AuthenticateWithTwitterAPI(api_key, api_secret,
  access_token, access_token_secret, createToken)

Arguments

api_key

character string specifying the 'API key' used for authentication.

api_secret

character string specifying the 'API secret' used for authentication.

access_token

character string specifying the 'access token' used for authentication.

access_token_secret

character string specifying the 'access token secret' used for authentication.

createToken

logical. !! NOT PROPERLY IMPLEMENTED YET.

Value

• This is called for its side effect.

Details

In order to collect data from Twitter, the user must first authenticate with Twitter's Application Programming Interface (API).

This requires setting up an App on Twitter. An excellent guide to achieving this can be found at: http://thinktostart.com/twitter-authentification-with-r/

See Also

AuthenticateWithFacebookAPI and AuthenticateWithYouTubeAPI for other ways to collect social media data.

Examples

# Firstly specify your API credentials
  my_api_key <- "1234567890qwerty"
  my_api_secret <- "1234567890qwerty"
  my_access_token <- "1234567890qwerty"
  my_access_token_secret <- "1234567890qwerty"

  AuthenticateWithTwitterAPI(api_key=my_api_key, api_secret=my_api_secret,
    access_token=my_access_token, access_token_secret=my_access_token_secret)