Configuring the Adapter for Twitter

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Configuring the adapter consists of specifying connection information and if necessary, authentication information for at least one connection.


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Declaring Connection Attributes

How to:

Reference:

In order to access Twitter, the adapter requires connection information.

You supply this information using the SET CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES command. You can:

You can declare connections to more than one web services provider by including multiple SET CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES commands.



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Procedure: How to Declare Connection Attributes

You can configure the adapter from either the Web Console or the Data Management Console.

  1. From the Web Console menu bar, click Adapters.

    or

    From the Data Management Console, expand the Adapters folder.

    The Adapters folder opens.

  2. Expand the Available folder, if it is not already expanded.
  3. Expand the appropriate group folder and the specific adapter folder. The group folder is described in the connection attributes reference.
  4. Right-click the adapter name and/or version and select Configure.

    The Add Adapter to Configuration pane opens.

  5. Enter values for the parameters required by the adapter, as described in the connection attributes reference.
  6. Click Configure. The configured adapter is added to the Adapters list in the navigation pane.


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Reference: Connection Attributes for the Adapter for Twitter

The Adapter for Twitter is under the Social Media group folder.

Connect parameters

Connection name

Logical name used to identify this particular set of connection attributes. The default is CON01.

Twitter Url

The URL of the Twitter API request. The default value is: https://api.twitter.com/1.1/

Consumer Key

A value which identifies your application to Twitter. Obtain this value from the settings page of your Twitter application at https://dev.twitter.com/apps.

Consumer Secret

A value which identifies your application to Twitter. Used in conjunction with Consumer Key. Obtain this value from the settings page of your Twitter application.

Access Token

A value which identifies the user that your application is acting on behalf of. Obtain this value from the settings page of your Twitter application.

Access Secret

A value which identifies the user that your application is acting on behalf of. Used in conjunction with Access Token. Obtain this value from the settings page of your Twitter application.

Select profile

Is the profile where the connection will be stored. The default value is edaprof.


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