Integrating X data into the social block

You can retrieve and integrate data from an X (formerly known as Twitter) 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.

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/.

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, enter the Consumer Key, Consumer Secret, Access Token, and Token Secret in the corresponding fields.
  5. Click Save configuration.
    X data from an X account of interest has been integrated with the Developer Portal, and is displayed on the social block of the site.