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Node.js Blueprints

You're reading from   Node.js Blueprints Develop stunning web and desktop applications with the definitive Node.js

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783287338
Length 268 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Krasimir Stefanov Tsonev Krasimir Stefanov Tsonev
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Preface 1. Common Programming Paradigms FREE CHAPTER 2. Developing a Basic Site with Node.js and Express 3. Writing a Blog Application with Node.js and AngularJS 4. Developing a Chat with Socket.IO 5. Creating a To-do Application with Backbone.js 6. Using Node.js as a Command-line Tool 7. Showing a Social Feed with Ember.js 8. Developing Web App Workflow with Grunt and Gulp 9. Automate Your Testing with Node.js 10. Writing Flexible and Modular CSS 11. Writing a REST API 12. Developing Desktop Apps with Node.js Index

Getting tweets based on a user handle


Before we write the code that requests data from the Twitter's API, we need to register a new Twitter application. First, we should open https://dev.twitter.com/ and log in with our Twitter Name and Password. After that, we need to load https://dev.twitter.com/apps/new and fill in the form. It should look like the following screenshot:

We can leave the Callback URL field empty. The Website field can have the address of our personal or company site. We should accept the terms and conditions present below the form, and click on Create your Twitter application. The next page, which we will see, should be similar to the following screenshot:

The information that we need is located in the third tab: API Keys. Once we click on it, Twitter will show us the API key and API secret fields, as shown in the following screenshot:

Additionally, we will generate an access token and access secret by clicking on the Create my access token button. Normally, the data doesn...

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