Status API Examples require('rubygems') gem('twitter4r', '0.2.0') require('twitter') The following is only required if you want to use some configuration helper methods like Twitte4R::Client.from_config for sensitive/instance context. require 'twitter/console' config_file = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'config', 'twitter.yml') To override client connection configuration please refer to