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internal/nzcovidbot/twitter.go

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+package nzcovidbot
+
+import (
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/dghubble/go-twitter/twitter"
+	"github.com/dghubble/oauth1"
+)
+
+type TwitterCredentials struct {
+	ConsumerKey       string
+	ConsumerSecret    string
+	AccessToken       string
+	AccessTokenSecret string
+}
+
+var TwitterCreds TwitterCredentials
+
+// getClient is a helper function that will return a twitter client
+// that we can subsequently use to send tweets, or to stream new tweets
+// this will take in a pointer to a Credential struct which will contain
+// everything needed to authenticate and return a pointer to a twitter Client
+// or an error
+func getClient(creds *TwitterCredentials) (*twitter.Client, error) {
+	// Pass in your consumer key (API Key) and your Consumer Secret (API Secret)
+	config := oauth1.NewConfig(creds.ConsumerKey, creds.ConsumerSecret)
+	// Pass in your Access Token and your Access Token Secret
+	token := oauth1.NewToken(creds.AccessToken, creds.AccessTokenSecret)
+
+	httpClient := config.Client(oauth1.NoContext, token)
+	client := twitter.NewClient(httpClient)
+
+	// Verify Credentials
+	verifyParams := &twitter.AccountVerifyParams{
+		SkipStatus:   twitter.Bool(true),
+		IncludeEmail: twitter.Bool(true),
+	}
+
+	// we can retrieve the user and verify if the credentials
+	// we have used successfully allow us to log in!
+	user, _, err := client.Accounts.VerifyCredentials(verifyParams)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("User's ACCOUNT:\n%+v\n", user)
+	return client, nil
+}