jaredpalmer · April 6, 2016 22:45 · ZenithRogue · Feb 27, 2019 · kjartanhr · May 18, 2019
diff --git a/tweet.js b/tweet.js
 /*
 *	Code snippet for posting tweets to your own twitter account from node.js.
 *	You must first create an app through twitter, grab the apps key/secret,
 *	and generate your access token/secret (should be same page that you get the 
 *	app key/secret).
 * 	Uses oauth package found below:
 *		https://github.com/ciaranj/node-oauth
 *		npm install oauth
 *	For additional usage beyond status updates, refer to twitter api
 *		https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1
 */

 var OAuth = require('oauth');

 var twitter_application_consumer_key = '';  // API Key
 var twitter_application_secret = '';  // API Secret
 var twitter_user_access_token = '';  // Access Token
 var twitter_user_secret = '';  // Access Token Secret

 var oauth = new OAuth.OAuth(
 	'https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token',
 	'https://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token',
 	twitter_application_consumer_key,
 	twitter_application_secret,
 	'1.0A',
 	null,
 	'HMAC-SHA1'
 );

 var status = '';  // This is the tweet (ie status)

 var postBody = {
 	'status': status
 };

 // console.log('Ready to Tweet article:\n\t', postBody.status);
 oauth.post('https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/update.json',
 	twitter_user_access_token,  // oauth_token (user access token)
    twitter_user_secret,  // oauth_secret (user secret)
    postBody,  // post body
    '',  // post content type ?
 	function(err, data, res) {
 		if (err) {
 			console.log(err);
 		} else {
 			// console.log(data);
 		}
 	});
	/*
	* Code snippet for posting tweets to your own twitter account from node.js.
	* You must first create an app through twitter, grab the apps key/secret,
	* and generate your access token/secret (should be same page that you get the
	* app key/secret).
	* Uses oauth package found below:
	* https://github.com/ciaranj/node-oauth
	* npm install oauth
	* For additional usage beyond status updates, refer to twitter api
	* https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1
	*/

	var OAuth = require('oauth');

	var twitter_application_consumer_key = ''; // API Key
	var twitter_application_secret = ''; // API Secret
	var twitter_user_access_token = ''; // Access Token
	var twitter_user_secret = ''; // Access Token Secret

	var oauth = new OAuth.OAuth(
	'https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token',
	'https://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token',
	twitter_application_consumer_key,
	twitter_application_secret,
	'1.0A',
	null,
	'HMAC-SHA1'
	);

	var status = ''; // This is the tweet (ie status)

	var postBody = {
	'status': status
	};

	// console.log('Ready to Tweet article:\n\t', postBody.status);
	oauth.post('https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/update.json',
	twitter_user_access_token, // oauth_token (user access token)
	twitter_user_secret, // oauth_secret (user secret)
	postBody, // post body
	'', // post content type ?
	function(err, data, res) {
	if (err) {
	console.log(err);
	} else {
	// console.log(data);
	}
	});