davidodongojr/satrday_kampala_2019_twitterdata

This repository contains the revised code of my presentation at the first SatRday event Kampala. Focussed on R beginners, this repo ist set out to provide a first glimpse of potential use cases

SatRday Kampala 2019 - Analysisng Twitter Data in R

This repository contains the revised code of my presentation at the first SatRday event Kampala. Focussed on R beginners, this repo ist set out to provide a first glimpse of potential use cases.

To not spoil anything from the last the Game of Thrones season, the example explorin "#GoT" was removed. Instead the code provided solely focusses on #rstat and the african R community inparticular.

Preparation

1. Setting up the Twitter authorisation

To a apply for an official access use the official Twitter Developer Website, which besides an extensive documentation, also provides a an overview of how to successfully apply for authorisation. However, after filling out the relevant form (stating your interest, project ideas and potential audience) the approval process can take a few hours until up to even one or two days.

Using the current version of rtweet in combination with httpuv does not requiers you to go through the whole application process as developer. However, this might be subject to change any time soon. (comment 05.2019)

2. Creating the first application

To call the twitter API -- after successfully applying for the Developer Account -- you still require to create a app within the twitter developer website. This is done within Twitter Developer Website. While most details of the file are intuitive and are easy to provide, the required information regarding the Website url can be filled out with a generic -- even non-extisting -- URL.

3. Access token

Following the described process the you can find your individual keys and token within your app within your personal space on the Twitter Developer Website (The access of keys and token bellow is already revoked. Please use your own.)

Consumer API keys

API key: SVZmwiE7YGPZbyRMPKqOnSwmT API secret key: FIMx9bBXQndbdkqnieNxFRpR69UO5voFl6O90eXofmHJleMxQo

Access token & access token secret Access token: 1127108342495813632-0TE2IpM5vnapYlcxt4oCn1vbq4uCpj Access token secret: 970I6IhozhMMf2fLY9qlxVvndqsCeoOYkhv9wmCjpZf96

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Given the Twitter Developer Terms, the repository does not include the any dataset retrieved using its API. However, to enable reproducabilty following extisting third party twitter datasets were used.

• Twitter Friends Dataset by Hubert Wassner [Kaggle]
• Customer Service Data by Thought Vector [Kaggle]
• Twitter data: Pakistan elections 2018 by Muhammad Azfar Faizan [Kaggle]