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==Download the | ==Download the TwitterAPI project== | ||
# Right click the following file, click "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory: http://mako.cc/teaching/2015/cdsw-spring/ | # Right click the following file, click "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory: http://mako.cc/teaching/2015/cdsw-spring/TwitterAPI.zip | ||
# The ".zip" extension on the above file indicates that it is a compressed Zip archive. We need to "extract" its contents. To do this, click on "Start", then "Computer", and navigate to your Desktop directory. Find | # The ".zip" extension on the above file indicates that it is a compressed Zip archive. We need to "extract" its contents. To do this, click on "Start", then "Computer", and navigate to your Desktop directory. Find TwitterAPI.zip on your Desktop and double-click on it to "unzip" it. That will create a folder called TwitterAPI containing several files. | ||
==Enter your API information== | ==Enter your API information== | ||
* Start your text editor (probably Notepad++ if you [[Windows text editor|installed it following our instructions last time]]). Navigate to the directory that contains | * Start your text editor (probably Notepad++ if you [[Windows text editor|installed it following our instructions last time]]). Navigate to the directory that contains TwitterAPI (probably something of the form <code>C:\Users\'''YOURUSERNAME'''\Desktop\TwitterAPI</code>). | ||
* Open up the file <code>twitter_authentication.py</code> in your text editor. | * Open up the file <code>twitter_authentication.py</code> in your text editor. | ||
* You will see four lines that include four variables in ALL CAPITALS that are being assigned, in the normal ways we learned about last session, to strings. At the moment, all of the strings say CHANGE_ME. | * You will see four lines that include four variables in ALL CAPITALS that are being assigned, in the normal ways we learned about last session, to strings. At the moment, all of the strings say CHANGE_ME. | ||
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Once you have done this, your example programs are set up to use the Twitter API! | Once you have done this, your example programs are set up to use the Twitter API! | ||
==Test the | ==Test the TwitterAPI code== | ||
Start up PowerShell and navigate to the Desktop\ | Start up PowerShell and navigate to the Desktop\TwitterAPI directory where the TwitterAPI code lives. For example, if the TwitterAPI project is at <code>C:\Users\'''YOURUSERNAME'''\Desktop\TwitterAPI</code>, | ||
cd C:\Users\'''YOURUSERNAME'''\Desktop\ | cd C:\Users\'''YOURUSERNAME'''\Desktop\TwitterAPI | ||
will change you into that directory, and | will change you into that directory, and | ||
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==Success!== | ==Success!== | ||
You are done downloading the | You are done downloading the TwitterAPI project! | ||
[[File:Champagne.png|100px]][[File:Party.png|125px]] | [[File:Champagne.png|100px]][[File:Party.png|125px]] | ||
[[Category:Spring_2015_series]] | [[Category:Spring_2015_series]] | ||
