Configuring

You should provide your Twitter account's login credentials to connect the Twitter widget with Twitter. OAuth allows Blynk to tweet from your Twitter account without actually sharing any credentials (no need to mention login credentials in the code). After connecting, it will use your Twitter account to send tweets. The tweets appear just as if you sent them from the Twitter website.

Currently, the Twitter widget only supports sending tweets from your Twitter account. It doesn't support retweeting, so you can't use your Raspberry Pi as a retweet bot:

  1. Tap the Twitter widget to open the Twitter Settings page.
  2. In the Twitter Settings page, tap the Connect Twitter button:
Twitter Settings page
  1. The Sign up for Twitter page will ...

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