Configure monitor to use twitter messages

service.monitor use OAuth authentication to authenticate when sending messages to a Twitter timeline. For enabling this you need to provide four authentication parameters:

  • OAuthConsumerKey

  • OAuthConsumerSecret

  • OAuthAccessToken

  • OAuthAccessTokenSecret

twitter

For obtaining those, login to your Twitter account  and click on Create New App.

create app

After agreeing to the developer’s rules, creating the application the interface allows you to create new API keys. Make sure that appropriate rights are set to access the account (read/write for access level permissions). After creating new API Keys the interface will provide access to the necessary information for service monitor notification template creation where

  • OAuthConsumerKey relates to Application settings / API key

  • OAuthConsumerSecret relates to Application settings / API secret

  • OAuthAccessToken relates to Your access token / Access token

  • OAuthAccessTokenSecret relates to Your Access token / Access token secret

app settings