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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @link https://www.humhub.org/
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2017 HumHub GmbH & Co. KG
+ * @license https://www.humhub.com/licences
+ */
+
+namespace humhub\modules\user\authclient;
+
+use yii\authclient\OAuth1;
+
+class Twitter extends OAuth1
+{
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    protected function defaultViewOptions()
+    {
+        return [
+            'popupWidth' => 860,
+            'popupHeight' => 480,
+            'cssIcon' => 'fa fa-twitter',
+            'buttonBackgroundColor' => '#395697',
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public $authUrl = 'https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authenticate';
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public $requestTokenUrl = 'https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token';
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public $requestTokenMethod = 'POST';
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public $accessTokenUrl = 'https://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token';
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public $accessTokenMethod = 'POST';
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public $apiBaseUrl = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1';
+
+    public $attributeParams = [];
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    protected function initUserAttributes()
+    {
+        return $this->api('account/verify_credentials.json', 'GET', $this->attributeParams);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    protected function defaultName()
+    {
+        return 'twitter';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    protected function defaultTitle()
+    {
+        return 'Twitter';
+    }
+}