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Hands-On Internet of Things with Blynk

You're reading from   Hands-On Internet of Things with Blynk Build on the power of Blynk to configure smart devices and build exciting IoT projects

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788995061
Length 271 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Pradeeka Seneviratne Pradeeka Seneviratne
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Twitter

The Twitter widget allows you to connect your Twitter account with Blynk and send tweets from your Raspberry Pi hardware. However, the Twitter widget has the following limitations:

  • You can't tweet the same message more than once
  • Only one tweet per 15 seconds is allowed

Adding a Twitter widget

These steps will show you how to add a Twitter widget onto your canvas:

  1. In the Widget Box, tap Twitter under NOTIFICATIONS:
Twitter widget
  1. The Twitter widget will be added to the canvas. However, you can't add more than one Twitter widget to a project. A single Twitter widget can handle all the tweets sent from your Raspberry Pi. The Twitter widget consumes 0 units of energy from your energy bank:
Twitter widget...
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