# Twitter AccessToken

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-accesstoken/109789
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [February 22, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-accesstoken/109789 "2019-02-22T02:03:47Z")
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### Author: ![HiedaNaKan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hiedanakan/32/132102_2.png) [@HiedaNaKan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HiedaNaKan)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-accesstoken/109789/1 "2019-02-22T02:03:47Z")

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How can I get the AccessToken of the user-bound Twitter?

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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2019, 10:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-accesstoken/109789/2 "2019-02-22T10:21:38Z")

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In a plugin, you can get the user’s twitter UID by using something like:

```plaintext
User.find_by_username("testuser").user_associated_accounts.find_by(provider_name: "twitter")&.provider_uid

```