Twitter project Windows setup: Difference between revisions

→‎Test the TwitterAPI code: Fixed some cmd-to-powershell stuff, added code tags, removed a run.py reference.
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==Download the TwitterAPI project==
 
# Right click the following file, click "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory: http://mako.cc/teaching/2014/cdsw-autumn/TwitterAPI.zip
# The ".zip" extension on the above file indicates that it is a compressed Zip archive. We need to "extract" its contents. To do this, click on "Start", then "Computer", and navigate to your Desktop directory. Find TwitterAPI.zip on your Desktop and double-click on it to "unzip" it. That will create a folder called TwitterAPI containing several files.
 
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==Test the TwitterAPI code==
 
Start aup command promptPowerShell and navigate to the Desktop\TwitterAPI directory where the TwitterAPI code lives. For example, if the TwitterAPI project is at <code>C:\Users\'''YOURUSERNAME'''\Desktop\TwitterAPI</code>,
 
cd C:\Users\'''YOURUSERNAME'''\Desktop\TwitterAPI
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will change you into that directory, and
 
dirls
 
will show you the source code files in that directory. One of the files is "<code>twitter1.py</code>", which has a "<code>.py</code>" extension indicating that it is a Python script. Type:
 
python twitter1.py
 
at the command prompt to execute the run<code>twitter1.py</code> Python script. Wait a little while while your computer connects to Twitter. You should see a series of tweets run by your screen. If you don't, let a staff member know.
 
==Success!==
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