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Create a new application on Twitter Apps portal https://apps.twitter.com/
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Replace 4 following variables with new application's keys and access tokens:
access_token <- "Access Token"
access_secret <- "Access Token Secret"
apiKey <- "Consumer Key (API Key)"
apiSecret <- "Consumer Secret (API Secret)"
- Now we can start the program by loading and running twitter.demo.R module:
source("twitter.demo.R")
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twitter.demo.R: starting the program, calling all general functions of downloading data, processing data, running algorithm, and returning the final result.
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setup.environment.R: installing and adding libraries.
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twitter.authentication.R: setting Twitter authentication for calling APIs.
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download.R: responsible for downloading data from Twitter, including recent Tweets, Users' Profiles and Users' Timeline, as well as handling waiting time due to rate limit.
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algorithms.R: implementing main algorithms regarding similarity and topsis.
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utils.R: mainly responsible for database, actual calling Twitter APIs, reading and writing data.
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