Custom Twitter Developer App

Learn how to create a custom Twitter Developer App and obtain your own credentials. Once you have them, you can use the resulting Client ID, Client Secret, and Refresh Token in the Twitter Auth driver to authenticate.

Requires Technical Skills

This is a technical process that requires some development skills, such as interacting with REST APIs.

1. Create a New Developer App

Follow the official Twitter guide to select the plan that best fits your needs and create your Developer App.

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The Free Tier does not provide read-access. To enable tweet reading capabilities, you must select a paid plan that includes this permission.

2. Enable oAuth 2.0 Authentication

Once created, navigate to the App Settings within the Projects Dashboard. Inside the settings view find the User authentication settings and enable OAuth 2.0 support.

Make sure to set the App Type as Native App, and input the required redirect URLs. Any valid URL will suffice.

When prompted, store the generated Client ID and Client Secrets safely.

3. Generate an Authorization URL

You can generate an authorization URL by copying and pasting the following template, replacing the placeholders with your own values:

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https://twitter.com/i/oauth2/authorize
?response_type=code
&client_id=YOUR_APP_CLIENT_ID
&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com
&scope=tweet.read%20users.read%20offline.access
&state=state
&code_challenge=challenge
&code_challenge_method=plain

Make sure the redirect_uri parameter matches the redirect URL you set in your app settings. For further details review the official guide.

4. Authorize App

Visit the authorization URL in your browser, log in with your desired Twitter account and grant access. You will be redirected to the URL specified in the redirect_uri parameter. Ignore the page content and look at the URL in your browser's address bar. Copy the value of the code parameter—you will need it in the next step.

5. Obtain a Refresh Token

Use a terminal or a tool like Postman to make a POST request and exchange the code for access and refresh tokens.

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curl --location --request POST 'https://api.twitter.com/2/oauth2/token' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--data-urlencode 'code=THE_CODE_YOU_COPIED' \
--data-urlencode 'grant_type=authorization_code' \
--data-urlencode 'client_id=YOUR_APP_CLIENT_ID' \
--data-urlencode 'redirect_uri=https://example.com' \
--data-urlencode 'code_verifier=challenge'

Custom Twitter Developer App ​

1. Create a New Developer App ​

2. Enable oAuth 2.0 Authentication ​

3. Generate an Authorization URL ​