How to Register a Twitter Application for Twitter4J

Abstract
These are steps for registering a Twitter application and getting the following values needed by Twitter4J:

OAuthConsumerKey

OAuthConsumerSecret

OAuthAccessToken

OAuthAccessTokenSecret

Step 1

Go to Twitter OAuth client page:

http://twitter.com/oauth_clients/new

Step 2
Click the "Create new app" button (figure 1).

Figure 1: Create New App button
 

Step 3
Fill out all the information for your application.  For the website information, I typically use either my SourceForge or GitHub websites, depending on where the source code for the project resides.

Step 4
When you are done entering your application information, click the "Create your Twitter application" button (figure 2).

Figure 2: Create your Twitter application button
 

Step 5
Click the "Test OAuth" button. (figure 3)

Figure 3: Test OAuth button

Step 6

After you click the "Test OAuth" button, the information shown on the page will give you the values for the following Twitter4J values (figure 4).

ConsumerKey

ConsumerSecret

Figure 4: Twitter4J ConsumerKey & ConsumerSecret

Step 7
Click the "application details page" link (figure 5).

Figure 5: The application details page link

Step 8
Click on "API Keys" tab at the top of the page (figure 6).

Figure 6:The API Keys link

Step 9
Scroll down and click on "Create my access token" button (figure 7).

Figure 7: The Create my access token button

Step 10

After you click the "Create my access token" button, the page will refresh (or you may need to do it manually) and the information shown on the page will give you the values for the following Twitter4J values (figure 8).

AccessToken

AccessSecret

Figure 8: Twitter4J AccessToken & AccessSecret

DONE