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# Twitter

## Set up

To set up your assistant's Twitter integration, you'll need the following:

* A Twitter account linked to a phone number.

### Create a Twitter app

1. Access the [Twitter developer console](https://developer.twitter.com).
2. Click 'Sign Up' to register as a developer. Enter the information requested.
3. Then access the project created in the **Projects & Apps** section, by default it will be created with the name 'Project 1'.
4. In the **Apps** module click on the 'App settings' button.\
   ![](/files/15MV2pqRUWglYJRc2ivd)
5. Configure the authentication option in the section **User authentication settings**.\
   ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/r67AagfxgUgkOjOeZoulgAZqnaWAsbnrr1-SXG74ZV-nGEGgaDOFZlJtco2Lrhsqr4vF1GwPSPPgGeQXafvaNHz57ZcCSwKuJ_1A2oPHtsgvwj-bbIvjPsbf3EcgZ5y9Czl1_lKMJNan18VDL_V-tA)
6. Activate Oauth 1.0a and select 'Read and write Direct Message'.
7. Copy the URL that you will find in the integration options and paste it in 'Callback URI/Redirect URL'.\
   ![](/files/q4gqHLVhbAjObnjL1ZJx)
8. Enter your website and save the changes.\
   ![](/files/YHQZmgCDpe0rGtKunTLT)
9. Go back to the project created in the **Projects & Apps** section and in the **Apps** section click on the 'Keys & tokens' button.\
   ![](/files/O37Uwq7IiIlgxOFJl5ZZ)
10. Generates the 'Api Key and Secret' and 'Access Token and Secret' tokens. Copy each of them to use later in the integration.\
    ![](/files/tY0MsdP3qzOoHVghgJyO)

### Set permissions

You need to request higher permissions to set up a development environment.

1. Access the main page of the project and click on 'Apply' that appears after the question 'Do you need Elevated access for your Project?'.\
   ![](/files/0etquS2vKkFe5k2tV74r)
2. The form will ask you for a detailed description (200 characters) of what the API will be used for. For example:\
   "*The access to the API will be used to activate the webhook that connects a chatbot with the direct messages of the Twitter account. When a user sends a question as a direct message, they will receive an automatic response that resolves their question."*
3. In the form, activate the option of the question 'Will your App use Tweet, Retweet, Like, Follow or Direct Message functionality?' and describes: "When a user sends a question as a direct message, they will receive an automatic response that resolves their question."
4. Submit the request.
5. After approval, go to the **Products** > **Premium** > **Dev Environments** menu section.
6. Enable the 'Account Activity API' option.
7. Enter a name in the 'Dev environment label' (copy this name for later use in the integration) and link it to the App you initially created.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Importante:** Your application may be automatically approved or you may have to wait for a while.
{% endhint %}

### Activate integration

1. In the Twitter integration module, enter all the data that you previously copied.\
   ![](/files/ZAwzDVU33va9cLny4cup)
2. Save the settings.
3. Done!:tada: Run tests to verify the operation of your assistant on Twitter.

## Limitations

* Maximum 1000 messages per day. 
* Each message received from a user can have a maximum of 5 responses from the bot (Upon receiving another new message from the user, another 5 messages can be sent). 
* The maximum characters per message is 10,000. 
* Maximum 20 text buttons in each message. 
* The maximum number of characters for the button text is 36.