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This plugin displays the latest tweets from a Twitter account. | |
As Twitter removed the ability to fetch tweets from their free API as part of their new pricing policy, this plugin is no longer maintained. | |
This plugin is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with Twitter. All product and company names are trademarks™ or registered® trademarks of their respective holders. | |
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🗝️ plugin_tweets_token |
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Latest tweets with attachments Latest tweets |
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| Option | Description |
Enable tweets plugin |
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🌐 Web instances must configure settings.json:
boolean
default: no |
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Twitter API token |
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| 🔐 Token type: token
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Twitter username |
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| ⏯️ Cannot be preset type: string
default: → User attached twitter |
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Tweets attachments Can be used to display linked images, video thumbnails, etc. |
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type: boolean
default: no |
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Display limit |
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type: number
(1 ≤
𝑥
≤ 10)
default: 2 |
To get a Twitter token, it is required to apply to the developer program. It's a bit tedious, but requests seems to be approved quite quickly.
Create an app from the developer dashboard and register your bearer token in repository secrets.
name: Latest tweets
uses: lowlighter/metrics@latest
with:
filename: metrics.plugin.tweets.svg
token: NOT_NEEDED
base: ""
plugin_tweets: yes
plugin_tweets_token: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_TOKEN }}
plugin_tweets_user: github
name: Latest tweets including attachments
uses: lowlighter/metrics@latest
with:
filename: metrics.plugin.tweets.attachments.svg
token: NOT_NEEDED
base: ""
plugin_tweets: yes
plugin_tweets_token: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_TOKEN }}
plugin_tweets_attachments: yes
plugin_tweets_user: github
plugin_tweets_limit: 1