Integrating X or BlueSky data into the social block

You can retrieve and integrate data from an X (formerly known as Twitter) or BlueSky account of interest and display it into a social block in a Developer Portal site.

Before you begin

You must have administrator access to the Developer Portal to complete this task.
Note: This module will only synchronize the credentials of applications created by consumers in the Developer Portal site UI. It cannot synchronize the credentials for applications created by the provider in the API Manager UI.

You must have an X App for the X account of interest. The X App contains information that is used to configure the social block. For information on creating X Apps, see https://apps.twitter.com/. To configure social block for BlueSky, you must have an BlueSky account that contains the application password for the social block. For more information, see https://bsky.app/settings/app-passwords.

Procedure

  1. If the administrator dashboard is not displayed, click Manage to display it.
  2. On the administrator dashboard, click Configuration.
  3. In the WEB SERVICES section, click IBM Social Block settings.
  4. Using the information from your X App or BlueSky, enter keys in the corresponding fields based on the platform:
    X platform
    Consumer Key, Consumer Secret, Access Token, and Token Secret.
    BlueSky platform
    Username and App password.
  5. Click Save configuration.
    X or BlueSky data from an X or BlueSky account of interest has been integrated with the Developer Portal, and is displayed on the social block of the site.