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You can follow specific hashtags on Twitter and see the tweets within the Odoo Discuss channels of your choice. The tweets are retrieved periodically from Twitter. An authenticated user can retweet the messages.

Setting up the App on Twitter's side

Twitter uses an "App" on its side which is opens a gate to which Odoo asks for tweets, and through which a user can retweet. To set up this app, go to http://apps.twitter.com/app/new and put in the values:

Do not forget to accept the terms Developer agreement of use and click on Create your Twitter application at the bottom of the page.

Getting the API key and secret

When on the App dashboard, switch to the Keys and Access Tokens tab.

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And copy those values in Odoo in :menuselection:`Settings--> General Settings--> Twitter discuss integration` and click on Save to save the settings.