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Installing Connectors (Twitter/GNU Social)
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* [Home](help)
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Friendica uses addons to provide connectivity to some networks, such as Twitter or App.net.
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There is also a addon to post through to an existing account on a GNU Social service.
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You only need this to post to an already existing GNU Social account, but not to communicate with GNU Social members in general.
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All three addons require an account on the target network.
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In addition you (or typically the server administrator) will need to obtain an API key to provide authenticated access to your Friendica server.
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Site Configuration
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Addons must be installed by the site administrator before they can be used.
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This is accomplished through the site administration panel.
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Each of the connectors also requires an "API key" from the service you wish to connect with.
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Some addons allow you to enter this information in the site administration pages, while others may require you to edit your configuration file (.htconfig.php).
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The ways to obtain these keys vary between the services, but they all require an existing account on the target service.
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Once installed, these API keys can usually be shared by all site members.
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The details of configuring each service follow (much of this information comes directly from the addon source files):
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Twitter Addon for Friendica
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* Author: Tobias Diekershoff
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* tobias.diekershoff@gmx.net
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* License: 3-clause BSD license
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### Configuration
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To use this addon you need a OAuth Consumer key pair (key & secret).
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You can get it from [Twitter](https://twitter.com/apps).
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Register your Friendica site as "Client" application with "Read & Write" access.
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We do not need "Twitter as login".
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When you've registered the app you get a key pair with an OAuth Consumer key and a secret key for your application/site.
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Add this key pair to your global .htconfig.php:
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$a->config['twitter']['consumerkey'] = 'your consumer_key here';
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$a->config['twitter']['consumersecret'] = 'your consumer_secret here';
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After this, your users can configure their Twitter account settings from "Settings -> Connector Settings".
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### More documentation
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Find the author's documentation here: [http://diekershoff.homeunix.net/redmine/wiki/friendikaplugin/Twitter_Plugin](http://diekershoff.homeunix.net/redmine/wiki/friendikaplugin/Twitter_Plugin)
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GNU Social Addon for Friendica
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---
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* Author: Tobias Diekershoff
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* tobias.diekershoff@gmx.net
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* License: 3-clause BSD license
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### Configuration
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When the addon is activated the user has to acquire the following in order to connect to the GNU Social account of choice.
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* The base URL for the GNU Social API, for quitter.se this is https://quitter.se/api/
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* OAuth Consumer key & secret
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To get the OAuth Consumer key pair the user has to
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1 ask her Friendica admin if a pair already exists or
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2 has to register the Friendica server as a client application on the GNU Social server.
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This can be done from the account settings under "Settings -> Connections -> Register an OAuth client application -> Register a new application" on the GNU Social server.
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During the registration of the OAuth client remember the following:
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* Application names must be unique on the GNU Social site, so we recommend a Name of 'friendica-nnnn', replace 'nnnn' with a random number or your website name.
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* there is no callback url
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* register a desktop client
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* with read & write access
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* the Source URL should be the URL of your Friendica server
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After the required credentials for the application are stored in the configuration you have to actually connect your Friendica account with GNU Social.
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This is done from the Settings -> Connector Settings page.
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Follow the Sign in with GNU Social button, allow access and then copy the security code into the box provided.
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Friendica will then try to acquire the final OAuth credentials from the API.
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If successful, the addon settings will allow you to select to post your public messages to your GNU Social account (have a look behind the little lock symbol beneath the status "editor" on your Home or Network pages).
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