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package main
import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "io/ioutil"
"github.com/dghubble/go-twitter/twitter" "github.com/dghubble/oauth1" )
//TwitterConfig stores the data from json twitterConfig.json file
type TwitterConfig struct { ScreenName string `json:"screenName"` ConsumerKey string `json:"consumer_key"` ConsumerSecret string `json:"consumer_secret"` AccessToken string `json:"access_token"` AccessTokenSecret string `json:"access_token_secret"` }
var twitterConfig TwitterConfig
func readTwitterConfigTokensAndConnect() (client *twitter.Client) {
file, e := ioutil.ReadFile("twitterConfig.json") if e != nil { fmt.Println("error:", e) } content := string(file) json.Unmarshal([]byte(content), &twitterConfig) fmt.Println("twitterConfig.json read comlete")
fmt.Print("connecting to twitter api --> ") configu := oauth1.NewConfig(twitterConfig.ConsumerKey, twitterConfig.ConsumerSecret) token := oauth1.NewToken(twitterConfig.AccessToken, twitterConfig.AccessTokenSecret) httpClient := configu.Client(oauth1.NoContext, token) // twitter client
client = twitter.NewClient(httpClient)
fmt.Println("connection successful")
return client }
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