Twitter Clone Using OAuth

In this chapter, we will have a look at how easy it is to create a basic Twitter clone using ASP.NET Core MVC. We will be performing the following tasks:

  • Creating your application on Twitter using Twitter's Application Management
  • Creating an ASP.NET Core MVC application
  • Reading your Home Timeline
  • Posting a tweet

As you can imagine, Twitter functionality does not come as standard in .NET (let alone in .NET Core).

Please be aware that you will need to create a Twitter account in order to perform the tasks in this chapter. You can do this by going to https://twitter.com/ and registering.

Luckily for us, there are many dedicated and passionate developers out there who give their code away for free. You will usually ...

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