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5 Through Twitter integration, key information from the social media site can be Indexed for further analysis.
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7 To utilise the built-in Twitter API, there are a number of configuration steps:
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9 = Creating the Consumer Key =
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11 The Consumer Key is required to access and extract the data held by Twitter.
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13 Navigate to the [[System Settings>>doc:Technical Documentation.CXAIR.Administration Guide.Status Monitoring.System Settings.WebHome]] screen by clicking **Setup**, **System** then **Settings**. Click the [[Third-Party Settings>>doc:Technical Documentation.CXAIR.Administration Guide.Status Monitoring.System Settings.WebHome||anchor="Third-Party"]] tab to access the **Twitter Consumer Key** and **Twitter Consumer Key Secret** options.
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15 Navigate to the [[Twitter Application Management>>https://apps.twitter.com/]] page and log in use the relevant Twitter credentials to generate the required keys. Once the application has been created, ensure that it is setup with **Read and Write** permissions in the relevant Twitter **Settings** tab.
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17 Enter the generated keys into the **Twitter Consumer Key** and **Twitter Consumer Key Secret** textboxes.
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19 = Creating the Twitter User =
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21 Now the Twitter API has the required keys, a [[CXAIR>>doc:Technical Documentation.CXAIR.WebHome]] user must be created that will be used to perform the Indexing tasks.
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23 Navigate to the Twitter Accounts screen by clicking **Setup**, **Security** then **Twitter**.
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25 Click **New** to configure a new user. Use the **Account Type** radio buttons to specify the type of user that is created. If no Twitter accounts have been configured yet, only the **Both** option is available. A **Pool Account** is used to perform Index builds, and a **User Account** are used to update Twitter directly, such as creating followers, for example.
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27 Once an **Account Type** has been specified, click **Authorise on Twitter** to open a new tab in the internet browser. Enter the Twitter account login credentials to authorise the account.
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31 Now the configuration is complete, please refer to the [[Twitter options>>doc:Technical Documentation.CXAIR.Administration Guide.4\. Manual Index Creation.a\. Creating a Data Source.WebHome||anchor="TwitterDS"]] in the [[Creating a Data Source>>doc:Technical Documentation.CXAIR.Administration Guide.4\. Manual Index Creation.a\. Creating a Data Source.WebHome]] Chapter to setup the required Indexes.