We sometimes face issues with the Twitter API. Using your own Twitter API key with Tweet Hunter is the best way to make sure you increase the limits of your account and bypass some of the problems Twitter can cause.
It may seem a bit technical, but it’s actually really easy if you follow all the steps below.
So let’s get started!
The first step of this process is creating a Twitter Developer account (if you don’t already have one). You can do so by heading over to the Twitter Developer platform and creating a free account.
Once you’re there, hit the “Subscribe to Basic” button and select “Sign up for a Free Account”.
At this stage, Twitter might ask you to confirm your phone number to make sure you are a real person.
<aside> ⚡ When adding a phone number to your Twitter account, Twitter asks for your password. Unfortunately, if you created your Twitter account using a GMail login, there is no password associated to your account.
To bypass that, you can ask Twitter to reset your password, which triggers a “password reset email” being sent to your inbox. Once you have added a new password, you’ll be able to add a phone number.
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Once your account is created, Twitter will ask you to agree to its developer policy.
For the description of your use case, you may use something along the lines of:
I want to use the Twitter API for the following use cases: scheduling my personal tweets, replying to replies on my tweets, and analysis my tweet performance. That includes metrics such as impressions or engagements that others perform on my tweets. This API key will be for my personal use.