# Tweet with node-red and twitter-api-v2 - post Twitter API changes in 2023

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tweet-with-node-red-and-twitter-api-v2-post-twitter-api-changes-in-2023/81440>\
**Category:** Share Your Projects\
**Created:** [19 September 2023 19:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tweet-with-node-red-and-twitter-api-v2-post-twitter-api-changes-in-2023/81440 "2023-09-19T19:18:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThibautRuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/thibautruy/32/28480_2.png) [@ThibautRuy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ThibautRuy)\
**Post date:** [19 September 2023 19:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tweet-with-node-red-and-twitter-api-v2-post-twitter-api-changes-in-2023/81440/1 "2023-09-19T19:18:20Z")

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Hi everyone,

Feedback is welcome on this!

I found a way to Tweet using the Twitter API v2 leveraging on node-twitter-api-v2 module using a free tier app (Tweets - post up to 1500 Tweets per month)

> <https://github.com/PLhery/node-twitter-api-v2/blob/master/doc/examples.md>

**1. App Setup on Twitter**  
Ensure you have set up your Twitter App correctly in the [https://developer.twitter.com/en/portal/apps](https://developer.twitter.com/en/portal/apps)  
You need to attach the app to a project. You need also the following credentials:

- appKey: 'API Key',
- appSecret: ' API Key Secret',
- accessToken: 'Access token',
- accessSecret: 'Access Token secret'

**2. Twitter-api-v2 module import in node-red**  
Import the module in node-red: twitter-api-v2 in the setup tab by adding twitter-api-v2 with the + - this creates a module called twitterApiV2

**3. Usage**  
Use the lib as twitterApiV2 in your code :

```auto
const Twitter = twitterApiV2.default;

```

**4. Sample flow** (please change the credentials, or find a better secured way to send them to the API):

```auto
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**Author:** ![tamasvar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/tamasvar/32/73345_2.png) [@tamasvar](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tamasvar)\
**Post date:** [21 October 2023 09:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tweet-with-node-red-and-twitter-api-v2-post-twitter-api-changes-in-2023/81440/2 "2023-10-21T09:37:08Z")

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hello, I like the solution you made!  
I would like to ask how it can be solved if it is a gif or mp4 and the image can be handled and uploaded

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**Author:** ![ThibautRuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/thibautruy/32/28480_2.png) [@ThibautRuy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ThibautRuy)\
**Post date:** [11 December 2023 05:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tweet-with-node-red-and-twitter-api-v2-post-twitter-api-changes-in-2023/81440/3 "2023-12-11T05:29:37Z")

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It does allow to post media

try {  
const result = await client.v2.tweet({  
text: tweet,  
media: { media\_ids: mediaIds }  
});

> **[twitter-api-v2](https://www.npmjs.com/package/twitter-api-v2)**
>
> Strongly typed, full-featured, light, versatile yet powerful Twitter API v1.1 and v2 client for Node.js.. Latest version: 1.15.2, last published: 2 months ago. Start using twitter-api-v2 in your project by running \`npm i twitter-api-v2\`. There are 74...

```auto
// Play with the built in methods
const user = await readOnlyClient.v2.userByUsername('plhery');
await twitterClient.v2.tweet('Hello, this is a test.');
// You can upload media easily!
await twitterClient.v1.uploadMedia('./big-buck-bunny.mp4');

```