Simple NodeJS Twitter Search API Proxy

README.md

Simple NodeJS Twitter API Proxy

Currently only supports the /search endpoint docs.

Setup

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1. Download zip of this gist
2. unzip file and cd into directory
3. install package dependencies (express and twit) by running: npm install
4. edit index.js with your Twitter API token/secret/oauth/etc.
5. start the server: npm start
6. ...
7. deploy to heroku
8. profit!

index.js

var express = require('express')
var app = express()
var Twit = require('twit')
var port = process.env.PORT || 8080;

// enter relevant information here
var T = new Twit({
  consumer_key:         '...',
  consumer_secret:      '...',
  access_token:         '...',
  access_token_secret:  '...',
  timeout_ms:           60*1000,  // optional HTTP request timeout to apply to all requests.
})

app.get('/search', function(req, res) {
  T.get('search/tweets', req.query, function(err, data) {
    if (err) {
      return res.status(500).json(err)
    }
    res.json(data)
  })
})

app.listen(port, function() {
  console.log("Application listening at http://localhost:"+port)
})

package.json

{
  "name": "twitter-api-client",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Simple NodeJS Twitter Search API Proxy",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "start": "node index.js"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^4.16.2",
    "twit": "^2.2.9"
  }
}