1package main
 2
 3import (
 4	"encoding/json"
 5	"fmt"
 6	"io/ioutil"
 7
 8	"github.com/dghubble/go-twitter/twitter"
 9	"github.com/dghubble/oauth1"
10)
11
12type Config struct {
13	Consumer_key        string `json:"consumer_key"`
14	Consumer_secret     string `json:"consumer_secret"`
15	Access_token_key    string `json:"access_token_key"`
16	Access_token_secret string `json:"access_token_secret"`
17}
18
19func readConfigTokensAndConnect() (client *twitter.Client) {
20	var config Config
21	file, e := ioutil.ReadFile("twitterConfig.json")
22	if e != nil {
23		fmt.Println("error:", e)
24	}
25	content := string(file)
26	json.Unmarshal([]byte(content), &config)
27	fmt.Println("twitterConfig.json read comlete")
28
29	fmt.Print("connecting to twitter api --> ")
30	configu := oauth1.NewConfig(config.Consumer_key, config.Consumer_secret)
31	token := oauth1.NewToken(config.Access_token_key, config.Access_token_secret)
32	httpClient := configu.Client(oauth1.NoContext, token)
33	// twitter client
34	client = twitter.NewClient(httpClient)
35
36	fmt.Println("connection successfull")
37
38	return client
39}