🐦X (Twitter)

How to configure the X connector for Meeds as an administrator

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If your organization uses X for general communication and wants to boost your audience's engagement, the X connector for Meeds is for you.

You can activate it to allow contributors to earn points by interacting with your accounts on X.

Events that the X connector can capture include:

• Likes

• Mentions

• Reposts

Go to Administration > Recognition > Connectors > Twitter

List of events supported by the X connector

Next, click Configure

X connector ready to be configured

👉 Allow users to connect their X account

Click on Allow connection and follow the instructions in the form to activate this connection

Enable Twitter profile (1/3)

Step 1: Create or connect to your account on the X Developer portal

Twitter Developer portal

Create a project with X API v2 access

💡 Note: X requires a subscription to access its API, which is not free of charge. Hence, you must acquire at minimum a Basic plan to use the connector.

Step 2: Create a custom app and edit the User authentication settings:

Set Read permission

Choose Web App type

Fill in the App info's Callback URL and Website URL fields by copy-pasting the information from Meeds:

Copy Callback URI and Website URL in Meeds (2/3)

Paste Callback URI and Website URL in X

Step 3: Copy/paste the Client ID and Client Secret and Save

Enter Client credentials in Meeds (3/3)

Once done, users can connect their X account from their user settings.

Connect Twitter profile configured

You can click on the toggle button to temporarily disable profile connections, or you can ✏️ Edit or 🗑️ Delete the configuration to start over.

👉 Add an X account to watch

Next, tell Meeds which X account to watch for your organization. Click Add Token

Add token field in Meeds

Go back to your app in the X Developer portal and click Keys and tokens

Keys and tokens in X

In Authentication Tokens > Bearer Token, click Regenerate and confirm

Copy the bearer token in X

Click Copy, then paste it into Meeds. Then, click on the ✔️ green checkmark and Save

Click on Add account and enter the X username of the organization to watch and Save

Enter the X account name

Meeds is now ready to watch the organization's account.

List of X accounts to watch

Click on ➕ to add more accounts to watch and 🔑 to update your bearer token.

Optionally, you can click on the organization name and disable some events to watch specifically for that organization.

List of events enabled for the X account

🎉 Congratulations! Your Meeds Hub is ready to boost your organization on X! Your program owner can now design incentives to Grow your audience on X (Twitter).