Export your Twitter Bookmarks

Note

I made a better version of this that just runs in your browser!

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This is a script which lets you export your Twitter Bookmarks, including all media (photos and videos, as well as fully expanded URLs) attached to those tweets.

Unfortunately it's not possible for me to make a website which does this for you, because the Twitter API does not support CORS, and I can't pay for a server which can support the bandwidth that would be needed to download all the media associated with everyone's bookmarks on the backend. So you'll need to run this script yourself. It's a bit complicated. You'll need a Twitter Developer account.

How to run this script

1. Install Node.js.
2. Download this script and unzip it.
3. Open Terminal.app on macOS / cmd on Windows.
4. cd into the directory in which you unzipped the script.
5. Run

$ npm install

6. Create a file called .env in that same directory, with the following contents:

TWITTER_CLIENT_ID=
TWITTER_CLIENT_SECRET=

7. Get a Twitter Developer account.
8. Create a new app in the Twitter Developer dashboard. You may need to apply for "Elevated" access, usually the approval process is immediate.
9. I'm a bit hazy on the next part as I can't repeat it since I'm limited to 1 "project" per account, but you'll need to get the client ID and client secret and put them into the .env file. App permissions should be set to "Read", Type of App should be set to "Native App", and the Callback URI should be set to http://localhost:3000. It doesn't matter what your "Website URL" is. If you go through this process and are able to improve this bit of the documentation, please open a pull request!!
10. Once the client ID and client secret are in place in the .env file, it should look like this (with different tokens):

TWITTER_CLIENT_ID=XXXXxXXXXxxXXXXXXXXxXXxXXXXXxXXXXx
TWITTER_CLIENT_SECRET=XXXxXxXxxxXXX_xXXXXxXXXXxXXXxXX-XXXxXxXXxxxxXXXxxX

11. From the terminal, run:

node .

12. You should see a login URL. Click it, and authorize the app.
13. The script will start downloading your bookmarks.
14. Once it is complete, open "index.html". You should see a (somewhat crudely formatted) list of all your bookmarks.