Creates a Twitter webhook config

add-subscription.js

var request = require('request')


// twitter authentication
var twitter_oauth = {
  consumer_key: 'TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY',
  consumer_secret: 'TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET',
  token: 'TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN',
  token_secret: 'TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET'
}

var WEBHOOK_ID = 'your-webhook-id'


// request options
var request_options = {
  url: 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/account_activity/webhooks/' + WEBHOOK_ID + '/subscriptions.json',
  oauth: twitter_oauth
}

// POST request to create webhook config
request.post(request_options, function (error, response, body) {

  if (response.statusCode == 204) {
    console.log('Subscription added.')
  } else {
    console.log('User has not authorized your app.')
  }
})

create-webhook-config.js

var request = require('request')


// twitter authentication
var twitter_oauth = {
  consumer_key: 'TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY',
  consumer_secret: 'TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET',
  token: 'TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN',
  token_secret: 'TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET'
}

var WEBHOOK_URL = 'https://your-webhook-url'


// request options
var request_options = {
  url: 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/account_activity/webhooks.json',
  oauth: twitter_oauth,
  headers: {
    'Content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
  },
  form: {
    url: WEBHOOK_URL
  }
}

// POST request to create webhook config
request.post(request_options, function (error, response, body) {
  console.log(body)
})

1. npm install request
2. Edit and run create-webhook-config.js. Note returned webhook ID.
3. Edit and run add-subscription.js.

More info in the docs:
https://dev.twitter.com/rest/direct-messages
https://dev.twitter.com/webhooks