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  1. Preface
  2. Understanding Domains
  3. Managing Your Account
  4. Using Informatica Administrator
  5. Using the Domain View
  6. Domain Management
  7. Nodes
  8. High Availability
  9. Connections
  10. Connection Properties
  11. Schedules
  12. Domain Object Export and Import
  13. License Management
  14. Monitoring
  15. Log Management
  16. Domain Reports
  17. Node Diagnostics
  18. Understanding Globalization
  19. Appendix A: Code Pages
  20. Appendix B: Custom Roles
  21. Appendix C: Informatica Platform Connectivity
  22. Appendix D: Configure the Web Browser

Administrator Guide

Administrator Guide

Twitter Streaming Connection Properties

Twitter Streaming Connection Properties

Use a Twitter Streaming connection to access near-real time data from the Twitter web site. The Twitter Streaming connection is a connection to the social media company's streaming API. You can create and manage a Twitter Streaming connection in the Administrator tool or the Developer tool.
The order of the connection properties might vary depending on the tool where you view them.
The following table describes the general properties for a Twitter Streaming connection:
Property
Description
Name
Name of the connection. The name is not case sensitive and must be unique within the domain. The name cannot exceed 128 characters, contain spaces, or contain the following special characters:
~ ` ! $ % ^ & * ( ) - + = { [ } ] | \ : ; " ' < , > . ? /
ID
String that the Data Integration Service uses to identify the connection. The ID is not case sensitive. It must be 255 characters or less and must be unique in the domain. You cannot change this property after you create the connection. Default value is the connection name.
Description
The description of the connection. The description cannot exceed 765 characters.
Location
The domain where you want to create the connection.
Type
The connection type. Select Twitter Streaming.
The following table describes the properties for hose type and OAuth authentication:
Property
Description
Hose Type
Streaming API methods. You can specify one of the following methods:
  • Filter. The Twitter
    statuses/filter
    method returns public statuses that match the search criteria.
  • Sample. The Twitter
    statuses/sample
    method returns a random sample of all public statuses.
Consumer Key
The consumer key that you get when you create the application in Twitter. Twitter uses the key to identify the application.
Consumer Secret
The consumer secret that you get when you create the Twitter application. Twitter uses the secret to establish ownership of the consumer key.
Do you have OAuth details?
Indicates whether you want to configure OAuth. Select one of the following values:
  • Yes. Indicates that you have the access token and secret.
  • No. Launches the OAuth Utility.
Access Token
Access token that the OAuth Utility returns. Twitter uses the token instead of the user credentials to access the protected resources.
Access Secret
Access secret that the OAuth Utility returns. The secret establishes ownership of a token.

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