Xatkit Twitter Platform

Send and receive messages from Twitter, and search or post Tweets.

Providers

The Twitter platform does not define any provider.

Actions

Action	Parameters	Return	Return Type	Description
PostATweet	- content (String): the content of the tweet to post	0 if the tweet has been posted, 1 otherwise	Integer	Posts a tweet on behalf of the configured user with the provided content
SendDM	- user (String): the twitter user to send a direct message to - text (String): the content of the direct message	0 if the direct message has been sent, 1 otherwise	Integer	Sends a direct message to the provided user with the given text
ReceiveDM	-	A list of Slack Attachments containing the latest direct messages received	List<Attachment>	Retrieves the latest direct messages received by the configured user
LookForTweets	- query (String): the search terms used to retrieve tweets	A list of Slack Attachments containing the tweets matching the provided query	List<Attachment>	Retrieves a series of tweets matching the provided search query

Options

The Twitter platform supports the following configuration options

Key	Values	Description	Constraint
xatkit.twitter.consumerKey	String	The consumer key of the Twitter app used by Xatkit to deploy the bot	Mandatory
xatkit.twitter.consumerSecret	String	The consumer secret of the Twitter app used by Xatkit to deploy the bot	Mandatory
xatkit.twitter.accessToken	String	The access token of the Twitter app used by Xatkit to deploy the bot	Mandatory
xatkit.twitter.accessSecretToken	String	The access token secret of the Twitter app used by Xatkit to deploy the bot	Mandatory

To fill these options you need to have a Twitter developer account and create an app. The different keys and access tokens can be found at this location: https://developer.twitter.com/en/apps/{YOURAPPID}.

Note

SendDM and ReceiveDM actions require additional permissions that must be set in your app settings (direct message permissions are not granted by default).