README.md

graphql-twitter-api

This is a simple example of using GraphQL to get Twitter User and User details by providing Twitter screen_name.

How to start the application

1. Go to https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs and create an account if you don't have one.
2. Go to My Applications and create new Application.
3. Fill in Application details.
4. Go to Keys and tokens tab. (There you will find application keys and tokens)
5. Create .env file in the root of project directory and populate the values like in example below:

PORT=<port>
CONSUMER_KEY=<consumer_key>
CONSUMER_SECRET=<consumer_secret>
ACCESS_TOKEN=<access_token>
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=<access_token_secret>

6. Run npm start.

Query example

{
  twitter_user(screen_name: "Nemanjas_Vasic") {
    name
    screen_name
    description
    followers_count
    friends_count
    friends {
      screen_name
    }
    followers {
      screen_name
    }
    tweets {
      created_at
      text
      retweets_count
      likes
    }
  }
}

{
  mostLikedTweet(screen_name: "Nemanjas_Vasic") {
    tweet_text
    likes
  }
}

Output example

{
  "data": {
    "twitter_user": {
      "name": "Nemanjas",
      "screen_name": "Nemanjas_Vasic",
      "description": "Software developer @ codecentric\n| labs-01 team",
      "followers_count": 25,
      "friends_count": 33,
      "friends": [
        {
          "screen_name": "djovic82"
        },
        {
          "screen_name": "silveira_bells"
        },
        {
          "screen_name": "kll"
        },
        ...
      ],
      "followers": [
        {
          "screen_name": "djovic82"
        },
        {
          "screen_name": "kll"
        },
        {
          "screen_name": "marmureanuweb"
        },
        ...
      ],
      "tweets": [
        {
          "created_at": "Sun Nov 03 19:11:35 +0000 2019",
          "text": "If you want to try GrahpQL and how it works with a real database and not with mock and hardcoded data but you don't… https://t.co/p1wBAaKOKA",
          "retweets_count": 0,
          "likes": 8
        },
        {
          "created_at": "Sat Oct 05 13:14:36 +0000 2019",
          "text": "I just published Handle authentication using Passport.js in NODEJS https://t.co/iuC7HOWg3l",
          "retweets_count": 0,
          "likes": 5
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "data": {
    "mostLikedTweet": {
      "tweet_text": "If you want to try GrahpQL and how it works with a real database and not with mock and hardcoded data but you don't… https://t.co/p1wBAaKOKA",
      "likes": 8
    }
  }
}