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   :description: digiKam Export to Twitter Web-Service
   :keywords: digiKam, documentation, user manual, photo management, open source, free, learn, easy, twitter, export

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   :authors: - digiKam Team

   :license: see Credits and License page for details (https://docs.digikam.org/en/credits_license.html)

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Export To Twitter
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This tool allows the user to upload photos to the Twitter social network.

`Twitter <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter>`_ is an online social media and social networking service. Users can send and respond publicly or privately texts, images and videos known as *tweets*. Publication are publicly visible by default, but senders can restrict message delivery to only their followers. Twitter supports photo-sharing service that enables users to upload a photo and attach it to a tweet.

The tool can be used to upload and tweet a selection of images from your collections to the remote Twitter server using the Internet.

When accessing the tool for the first time by the :menuselection:`Export --> Export to Twitter` menu entry, you are taken through the process of obtaining a token which is used for authentication purposes. The following dialog will popup and a browser window will be launched you will log in to Twitter:

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    The Twitter Authorize Dialog

After successful sign-up digiKam will be allowed to send photos to the Twitter website. You will be presented with the following page:

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    The Twitter Login Dialog

Then, simply authorize application and close the web browser. Return to the host application dialog, you will see the interface used to upload photos to Twitter.

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    The Twitter Export Tool Dialog

By default, the tool proposes to export the currently selected items from the icon-view. The **+** Photos button can be used to append more items on the list.

If the **Resize photos before uploading** option is selected, the photos will be resized before transferring to Twitter. The values will be read from the **JPEG quality** and **Maximum Dimension** settings, which can be used to adjust the maximum height and the compression. The width calculation will be done so as to have the aspect ratio conserved.

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    The Twitter Export Uploading in Progress

Press **Start Upload** button to transfer items. You can click on the **Close** button to abort the uploading of photos.

Finally, you can view the uploaded photos by visiting the Twitter website.

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    The Twitter Online Account Displaying the Uploaded Contents