# Authenticate Using OAuth - Twitter

1. Sign-in or sign-up for a Twitter account.

2. Go to the Twitter Application management page [here](https://apps.twitter.com/).

3. Click on the **Create New App** button to create a new Twitter app:


4. Fill out the create application form, check the developer agreement box, and click **Create Your Twitter Application**.


:::info
:bulb:**Hint:** you may have to register your phone number with Twitter to create a Twitter application: Click your profile icon --> Settings and privacy --> Mobile --> Select Country/region --> Enter phone number --> Click Continue
:::

5. After you receive confirmation that the Twitter application was created, click **Keys and Access Tokens**


6. Obtain your Twitter Consumer Key and Consumer Secret


7. Add your Consumer Key and Consumer Secret to environment variables:

      CMD_TWITTER_CONSUMERKEY=esTCJFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
      CMD_TWITTER_CONSUMERSECRET=zpCs4tU86pRVXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

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