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<h1>Tessel's First Tweet</h1>

<p>Now that you're <a href="wifi.html">connected to
Wifi</a>, let's try a tweet!</p>

<p>This code snippet makes Tessel send a tweet from a
dummy account <a href="https://twitter.com/TesselTweet"
target="0">(@TesselTweet)</a> that we've created for
this.</p>

<p>If you want to post from your own account, go to
<a href="https://apps.twitter.com/" target=
"0">apps.twitter.com</a>, create your own OAuth tokens
with read and write permissions, and paste them into the
script.</p>

<hr>

<p>First, create a new directory within your "tessel-code"
directory:<code><kbd>mkdir tessel-tweet</kbd><kbd>cd
tessel-tweet</kbd><kbd>npm init</kbd></code></p>
<p>Now copy and paste the following into a new file and
save it as "tweet.js". Change the twitterHandle var to your
own Twitter handle.</p>

<pre class="prettyprint">
<code>// Node requires
var twitter = require('twitter');
var util = require('util')

var twitterHandle = '@technicalhumans';
// The status to tweet
var status = 'Hello ' + twitterHandle + '. This is your #Tessel speaking.';

// Enter the oauth key and secret information
var twit = new twitter({
consumer_key: 'O7oc0pvsZn4xjgcuHuYdX4FaC',
consumer_secret: 'iJYuHFz2sD46Nvk3mcwzX8uih14aEAMgVWdWoR59nx8v6Zl7ZX',
access_token_key: '2529232909-luARGU89K4CKFMvfzBjCgG6ubefzDkdDWkSB85i',
access_token_secret: 'GXQfuzvGdjLEs3t1HEYfhQ9x9bdBcSBVXjBkbRgwYlOE0'
});

// Make a tweet!
twit.updateStatus(status, function(data) {
if (data.name === 'Error') {
console.log('error sending tweet!', data.message);
}
else {
console.log('tweet successful!');
}
});</code>
</pre>

<p>We're using the <a href=
"https://www.npmjs.org/package/twitter">twitter
Node.js</a> library for convenience</p>

<p>We'll need to install the library using
npm:<code><kbd>npm install twitter</kbd></code></p>

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<br>
<p>Now run<code><kbd>tessel run tweet.js</kbd></code></p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/TesselTweet" target=
"0">Check Twitter for your tweet!</a></p>
</div>
<div class="large-8 columns right"><img src=
"https://s3.amazonaws.com/technicalmachine-assets/fre+assets/tessel-tweet-2.png"
style="float:right;"></div>
</div>

<p><b>Bonus:</b> Try making Tessel tweet output from a module.</p>

<div class="greyBar"></div>

<div class="row">
<div class="large-5 columns left">
<a href="wifi.html" class="bottomButton button">Prev:
Wifi</a>
</div>
<div class="large-6 columns right">
<a href="usage.html" class=
"bottomButton right button">Next: Usage</a>
</div>
</div>
{% capture include_install %}
{% include_relative tweet.md %}
{% endcapture %}
{{ include_install | markdownify }}
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{::options parse_block_html="true" /}

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# Tessel's First Tweet

Make sure you're [connected to Wifi]({{ site.baseurl }}/wifi.html), then let's try a tweet!

This code snippet makes Tessel send a tweet from a dummy account <a href="https://twitter.com/TesselTweet" target="0">(@TesselTweet)</a> that we've created for this.

If you want to post from your own account, go to <a href="https://apps.twitter.com/" target="0">apps.twitter.com</a>, create your own OAuth tokens with read and write permissions, and paste them into the script.

<hr>

First, create a new directory within your "tessel-code" directory:

`mkdir tessel-tweet; cd tessel-tweet; t2 init`

Rename the "index.js" file you've just created to "tweet.js":

`mv index.js tweet.js`

Now open "tweet.js". Copy and paste the below script over the existing text:

{% highlight javascript %}
// Node requires
var twitter = require('twitter');

var twitterHandle = '@technicalhumans';
// The status to tweet
var status = 'Hello ' + twitterHandle + '. This is your #Tessel 2 speaking.';

// Enter the oauth key and secret information
var twit = new twitter({
consumer_key: 'O7oc0pvsZn4xjgcuHuYdX4FaC',
consumer_secret: 'iJYuHFz2sD46Nvk3mcwzX8uih14aEAMgVWdWoR59nx8v6Zl7ZX',
access_token_key: '2529232909-luARGU89K4CKFMvfzBjCgG6ubefzDkdDWkSB85i',
access_token_secret: 'GXQfuzvGdjLEs3t1HEYfhQ9x9bdBcSBVXjBkbRgwYlOE0'
});

// Make a tweet!
twit.post('statuses/update', {status: status}, function(error, tweet, response){
if (error) {
console.log('error sending tweet:', error);
} else {
console.log('Successfully tweeted! Tweet text:', tweet.text);
}
});
{% endhighlight %}

Change the "twitterHandle" var to your own Twitter handle and save.

We're using the [Node.JS twitter library](https://www.npmjs.org/package/twitter). Install it using npm:

`npm install twitter`

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Now run:

`t2 run tweet.js`

<a href="https://twitter.com/TesselTweet" target=
"0">Check Twitter for your tweet!</a>

</div>
<div class="large-8 columns right">

![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/technicalmachine-assets/fre+assets/tessel-tweet-2.png)

</div>
</div>

<div class="row">
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**Bonus:** Try making Tessel tweet output from a module.

<div class="greyBar"></div>

<div class="row">
<div class="large-5 columns left">
<a href="wifi.html" class="bottomButton button">Prev:
Wifi</a>
</div>
<div class="large-6 columns right">
<a href="usage.html" class=
"bottomButton right button">Next: Usage</a>
</div>
</div>

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