Twitter Client

A simple Twitter client that initially shows general public tweets. It allows the user to specify a Twitter handle to view tweets from. After requesting tweets from a specific user, you can filter/search tweets by text.

Note

A Twitter client uses Heroku's free dyno. Please, wait several seconds until it becomes active.

Technology

• ReactJS/Redux
• NodeJs
• Express

Deployment

In the /back folder find .env_sample file. Copy and rename it to .env Paste your Twitter API keys. (It won't work without API keys)

You can use Docker to run the project

docker-compose build
docker-compose up

To run tests in Docker:

1. Run docker-compose up -d (Start docker in background)
2. Run docker-compose exec front bash (To enter bash)
3. Run tests with npm test

OR Run following commands in each folders: /back; /front

1. Run npm install
2. Run npm start
3. Run tests with npm test -- you may have to press "a" to run all tests

To open - localhost:3000

Manual

• Interface is simple and there shouldn't be any issues using it.
• Home button - for receiving timeline tweets (after searching specific user)
• Input form with 'user name' placeholder - for searching a specific user (to execute press 'Enter')
• After launching a search a second Input form with a placeholder 'filter tweets' becomes active. You can filter tweets from a user