Retrieving (or generating) your Twitter API keys is a simple 6 step process.
It takes longer to read about it than to actually do it. Here you go.
1. Browse to Twitter’s Application Manager
Visit https://apps.twitter.com/ in your browser, login, and click the Create New App
button.
2. Create a New App
Fill out the form and click the Create your Twitter application
button.
Name
andDescription
can be anything you like.Website
has to be formatted like a real URL, but doesn’t have to point anywhere real.Callback URL
should be left blank.
3. Retrieve the API Keys
Click the manage keys and access tokens
link to get to the new app’s settings page.
4. Copy the Keys to our App
Copy the Consumer Key
and Consumer Secret
values from the application settings page and into the API key fields of our app.
5. Generate the Access Token and Secret
Click the Create my access token
button to generate the Access Token and Access Token Secret.
6. Copy the Access Token and Secret to our App
Copy the Access Token
and Access Token Secret
values from the application settings page and into the Access Token fields of our app and then logout.
That’s all, you’re now good to go.