4. Generating API keys

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Anirudh Anand edited this page May 1, 2018 · 1 revision

API keys are essential for the efficient working of the tool. Twitter, Shodan and Github API keys are a must for the scraper part of the RTA to work.

Twitter

Go to https://dev.twitter.com/apps/new and log in, if necessary
Enter your Application Name, Description and your website address. You can leave the callback URL empty.
Submit the form by clicking the Create your Twitter Application
Copy the consumer key (API key), consumer secret, Access token and Access Token Secret from the screen into your application

Shodan

Register an account in shodan.
Visit your registered email id and activate the account.
Login to your account and you will find the API keys under profile overview tab.
Copy the API key and this is the value for shodan api field in the config file.

Github

Go to profile > settings
Go to Developer settings > Personal access tokens
Click Generate new token and give your token a name.
Select the scopes, or permissions, you'd like to grant this token and click Generate token.
Copy the generated token into config file.