Twitter#

You will need to create a Twitter app and configure the Twitter provider for your Django application via the admin interface.

App registration#

To register an app on Twitter you will need a Twitter account. With an account, you can create a new app via:

https://apps.twitter.com/app/new

In the app creation form fill in the development callback URL:

http://127.0.0.1:8000/accounts/twitter/login/callback/

Twitter won’t allow using http://localhost:8000.

For production use a callback URL such as:

http://{{yourdomain}}.com/accounts/twitter/login/callback/

To allow users to login without authorizing each session, select “Allow this application to be used to Sign in with Twitter” under the application’s “Settings” tab.

App database configuration through admin#

The second part of setting up the Twitter provider requires you to configure your Django application. Configuration is done by creating a Socialapp object in the admin. Add a social app on the admin page:

/admin/socialaccount/socialapp/

Use the twitter keys tab of your application to fill in the form. It’s located:

https://apps.twitter.com/app/{{yourappid}}/keys

The configuration is as follows:

  • Provider, “Twitter”

  • Name, your pick, suggest “Twitter”

  • Client id, is called “Consumer Key (API Key)” on Twitter

  • Secret key, is called “Consumer Secret (API Secret)” on Twitter

  • Key, is not needed, leave blank