I’m looking to implement Twitter into an internal existing system. I need to use several features of the API (such as mentions) that require authorization.
From my understanding, this can only be used with a Twitter application, and as such I’ve created one.
However it all seams very public facing, asking for details like website URL, and application description, which in my case I do not need or want.
I simply need to authorize my system to make calls to the API, am I going about it the right way?
If not, is there a certain PHP library / alternative way of getting autorized? I can’t imagine i’m first in this situation?
Thanks!
You’ll need to provide these details so Twitter knows what kind of application you’re building. If your application is not going to publish any tweets, that’s entirely fine; if you’re simply making GET requests, your application information won’t be published anywhere.
If you don’t have a public-facing URL for your application, you can enter a placeholder or a fake URL.