Connecting Brightspot to a Twitter app

This topic describes how to connect Brightspot to a Twitter app.

The following table lists the dependencies required to include the Twitter integration in your build.

To connect Brightspot to a Twitter app:

1. Select menu> Social > Services > New Twitter Service. The New Twitter Service widget appears.
2. In the Name field, enter a name for the service.
3. In the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret fields, paste the values from your Twitter console.
4. Click Save. If the connection is successful, a Connected message appears at the top of the Edit Twitter Service widget.

5. Select menu> Social > Accounts. The Connect Accounts widget appears with the new Twitter service listed.

   

6. Under the required Twitter service, do the following:
   

   1. Click Connect Account. A request from Twitter appears asking for authentication.

      

   2. Click Authorize App. You return to Brightspot with the Twitter account’s avatar displayed.

      

Brightspot users can now publish links to Twitter; for details, see Sharing content on social networks.