Using API Clients (Postman or Insomnia Rest)

Using an API client, such as Postman or Insomnia Rest, is a good way to test an API and ensure proper authentication setup, without needing to worry about any code implementation. This approach is particularly helpful when troubleshooting an issue or when starting to explore an API’s functionality.

Once you’ve received a successful response from the API, you can use the code generator functionality available with the API client to generate code snippets in different languages. This is a useful way to view the code implementation of an authentication flow in the language of your choice. See additional details on how to do this for Postman and Insomnia Rest.

TwitterDev examples and sample code

Our TwitterDev GitHub page contains many examples and code samples that you can use to get started with the Twitter API and implement authentication. 

For example: 

• Sample Python code for the Twitter Enterprise APIs

• Sample Ruby scripts for the Twitter Enterprise APIs

• Python client to work with the Search API (premium and enterprise versions)

• Ruby client to work with the Search API (premium and enterprise versions)

• Sample web app and helper scripts to get started with the Account Activity API

• Python script to generate a user's Access Tokens

• Example web app demonstrating the 3-legged OAuth flow

Additional resources

Follow these links for additional details related to authentication with the Enterprise APIs.

• Authentication with the Twitter API

• Troubleshooting errors with the Twitter API

• Twitter enterprise APIs

• GNIP console

• Twitter developer portal

• Twitter developer Apps