chirps.js

// configure twitter integration
var twit = require('twit');
var T = new Twit({
    consumer_key:         '...'
  , consumer_secret:      '...'
  , access_token:         '...'
  , access_token_secret:  '...'
});

// express app
var express = require('express');
var app = express();

// routes
app.get('/tweets', function (req, res) {
  
  // your FE code will just need to specify any params
  var query = req.query;
  query.count = 100;

  // console.log(req.query)
  
  T.get('search/tweets', query, function(err, data, response) {
    if (err) return res.status(500).json(err);
    res.status(200).json(data);
  });
});

// start server
var server = module.exports = require('http').createServer(app);
server.app = app;

// only start listening if required
if (!module.parent) server.listen(app.get('port'), function() {
  console.log('listening', 8000);
});