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***IMPORTANT WARNING: The use of yourTwapperKeeper is most likely against the recent Twitter Terms of Services (ToS) due to some of the recent updates (Section 4A https://dev.twitter.com/terms/api-terms looks like a nail in the coffin).

Use at your own risk - I take no liability for the use of the software. - John

WHAT IS yourTWAPPERKEEPER

yourTwapperKeeper is an open version of TwapperKeeper.com designed to be hosted by you

FEATURES

• Simple, easy way to archive data from Twitter directly on your server
• Output to HTML, RSS, EXCEL, and JSON
• Archives from both Twitter Streaming API and Search API (for reachback and any missed tweets)

WHAT YOU NEED

A dedicated virtual server with a dedicated IP address running APACHE / PHP / MYSQL (tested with APACHE 2.2.15 / PHP 5.3.3 / MYSQL 5.0.77 on CENTOS 5.5). (Shared servers could cause issues with blacklisting and are not recommended! For your reference, we tested on RackspaceCloud servers - http://rackspacecloud.com)

Here is a step-by-step guide to install on Rackspace Cloud: http://jobrieniii.tumblr.com/post/15240403050/how-to-install-yourtwapperkeeper-on-a-rackspace-cloud

HOW TO INSTALL

1. Extract .tar.gz file into your apache server folder (i.e. /var/www/html/)

2. Create a MYSQL database and import the tables / data from file SQL.

3. Login to Twitter with the account you want to use for archiving, and [Register a new application] - http://dev.twitter.com/apps/new

   • Application Name = Change to your liking
   • Description = Change to your liking
   • Application Website = Your URL where the site will be hosted (i.e. http://yourtwapperkeeperexample.com/)
   • Organization = Change to your liking
   • Application Type = Browser
   • Callback URL = Your_URL/callback.php (i.e. http://yourtwapperkeeperexample.com/callback.php)
   • Default Access Type = Read & Write
   • Application Icon = Change or leave default

4. After application is successfully created, write down:

   • Consumer Key
   • Consumer Secret

5. Select "My Access Token" on right hand side. Write down:

   • Access Token (oauth_token)
   • Access Token Secret (oauth_token_secret)

6. Now time to edit the config.php file on your server. Make sure to change the following: /* Host Information */ Change the host information based upon your host.

   /* Administrators - Twitter screen name(s) who can administer / start / stop archiving */ Users in this list are allowed to start / stop the archiving processes on the server. Must be at least one. Recommend using the same twitter account used to create application.

   /* Users - Twitter screen names that are allowed to use Your Twapper Keeper site - leaving commented means anyone can use site*/ Users in this list are allowed to create archives and edit / delete archives they own. Leaving blank means anyone can create archives and edit / delete ones they own.

   /* Your Twapper Keeper Twitter Account Information used to query for tweets (this is common for the site) */ This should be the account information for the user who created the Twitter application. Also, use the oauth information captured in step 5.

   /* Your Twapper Keeper Application Information - setup at http://dev.twitter.com/apps and copy in consumer key and secret */ Update with the information captured in step 4.

   /* MySQL Database Connection Information */
   Update with your DB information

7. After this is all done - start apache / mysql and start archiving!

CREDITS

Your TwapperKeeper leverages both TwitterOAuth (http://github.com/abraham/twitteroauth) and phirehose (http://code.google.com/p/phirehose/). Special thanks to those guys for creating such AWESOME libraries!