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X (Twitter) Dispatcher

The X dispatcher posts notifications as tweets to the configured X account via the X API v2.

Prerequisites

  1. An X Developer account at developer.x.com ⧉
  2. A Project with an App configured with OAuth 1.0a and the Access Token set to Read and Write permissions

Configuration

The following parameters are required to configure the X dispatcher. They are found in your X App's Keys & Tokens page under OAuth 1.0 Keys:

Field Where to find it
Consumer Key Visible directly in the OAuth 1.0 Keys section.
Consumer Key Secret Click Show next to the Consumer Key.
Access Token Visible directly in the OAuth 1.0 Keys section.
Access Token Secret Click Show next to the Access Token.

How to use

  1. Open your X App at developer.x.com ⧉ and go to the Keys & Tokens page.
  2. Under OAuth 1.0 Keys, copy the Consumer Key and click Show to copy the Consumer Key Secret.
  3. Copy the Access Token and click Show to copy the Access Token Secret.
  4. Ensure the token has Read and Write permissions under User authentication settings.
  5. In Bitcaster, select X (Twitter) as the dispatcher for a Channel.
  6. Click the Configure button on the Channel admin page.
  7. Fill in all four fields: Consumer Key, Consumer Key Secret, Access Token, Access Token Secret.
  8. Save the Channel configuration.

Note

Messages are truncated to 280 characters to comply with X post limits.