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Installing Splunk's Twitter app
In the next chapter, we will be working with Splunk's Twitter app to bring in live streams
of tweets for analysis. But let's first get it set up for now.
You must start by obtaining a Twitter account, if you do not already have one.
Obtaining a Twitter account
We need to follow these steps to obtain a Twitter account:
1. Before installing this app, you must have an active Twitter account. To obtain an
account, go to https://twitter.com/signup .
2. Enter your full name , email , and password .
3. Click where it says Sign up for Twitter .
4. Select a username and password .
5. Click Create My Account .
6. You should get an e-mail where you can click on the link within to begin using
your account.
Obtaining a Twitter API Key
Now you will need to create a Twitter key for the Application Programming Interface or
API. This key will allow you to connect to Twitter. Follow these steps to do this:
1. Go to the Twitter Create an application page: https://apps.twitter.com and select
Create New App . As shown in the following screenshot, insert a name for your
application (it can be almost anything), a description (it can be almost anything),
and a placeholder URL (it doesn't have to be real, but it must start with http:// )
for the website. These can be of your own choosing. Since you won't need a web-
site, just put something in for now; for example, ht-
tp://www.holdthisbps.com :
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