text: # 1. copy this file to settings_secret.py
  # 2. make sure the settings_secret.py file is ignored (should be listed in .gitignore)
  # 3. EITHER...
  #   a) add your TWITTER secrets directly to this file in the `except:` block below
  #    **OR**
  #   b) set your environment variables to contain your keys (see below for env var names)
  # 4. `twyth = Twython(settings_secret.TWITTER_API_KEY, settings_secret.TWITTER_API_SECRET)`
  
  # TWITTER_API_KEY and _SECRET are required to download tweets
  import os
  
  try:
      TWITTER_API_KEY = os.getenv('TWITTER_API_KEY')
      TWITTER_API_SECRET = os.getenv('TWITTER_API_SECRET')
  except:
      TWITTER_API_KEY = '25AlphaNumericCharactersX'
      TWITTER_API_SECRET = '50AlphaNumericCharactersX50AlphaNumericCharactersX'
  
  # Optional account identifying information that doesn't need to be protected
  TWITTER_API_OWNER = 'hobsonlane'  # the app owner's @username
  TWITTER_API_OWNER_ID = 59275999   # see the app
  
  # This is how to use these keys to instantiate a Twython connection to the twitter API
  # twyth = Twython(TWITTER_API_KEY, TWITTER_API_SECRET)
  