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Menu path: Configuration > Policies and Access Control > Authentication Sources > External > Twitter.

This form of authentication uses Twitter login credentials. The fields in the Twitter source authentication are shown below. Several API values are obtained from the Twitter web site during your site's registration. The registration process is described in detail in one of the A3 Installation and Usage Guides (Installation and Usage Guide - Registration VLAN or Installation and Usage Guide - No Registration VLAN).


Field Name	Usage	Example
Name	The name of the authentication source.	Twitter
Description	A description of the purpose of the authentication source.	Registration based on Twitter login credentials
App ID	A value provided by Twitter during registration with the Twitter API. See Twitter API Registration for more details.
App Secret	A value provided by Twitter during registration with the Twitter API. See Twitter API Registration for more details.
API URL	The base URL that A3 should use at authentication time for user authentication. This is typically https://api.twitter.com.	https://api.twitter.com
API Authorize Path	A sub-location within the API URL used for authentication	/oauth/authenticate
API Token Path	A sub-location within the API URL used for token access.	/oauth/request_token
API URL of Logged User	The URL to use after a token is obtained.
Portal URL	Generally https://<hostname>/oauth2/callback. See Twitter API Registration for more details.	https://<hostname>/oauth2/callback
Authorized domains	A comma separated list of domains that the client will resolve during authentication, despite any networking restrictions. It should include: .twitter.com,twitter.com,.twimg.com,twimg.com	.twitter.com,twitter.com,.twimg.com,twimg.com
Authentication Rules	Indicates the actions to be performed when the authentication is satisfied. Authentication rules are covered in detail in Authentication Rules.