Getting Images from a Twitter Account (2022)

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Some time ago, back in the "before time" of 2016, I wrote up a demo of a simple idea - grabbing the media (pictures specifically) from a Twitter account. I follow several Twitter accounts that simply post cool pictures. Given how toxic online platforms can be, just seeing cool pictures can be a bit relaxing. The demo made use of Node.js and ran on IBM's Bluemix platform. You can read that old post here if you desire: Getting Images from a Twitter Account. I followed up this post two years later with an example of the same idea running via Azure Functions - My First Azure Function App - Twitter Image Displayer. A few weeks back someone DMed me asking about an update and I thought I'd take a stab at it. If you just want to see the demo, you can see it here:

This content originally appeared on Raymond Camden and was authored by Raymond Camden