ruby script to generate twitter bearer token

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diff --git a/config/generate_bearer_token.rb b/config/generate_bearer_token.rb
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+require "net/http"
+require "uri"
+require "json"
+require "base64"
+require "optparse"
+
+options = {}
+
+option_parser = OptionParser.new do |opts|
+  opts.banner = "Create your bearer_token for twitter by including following [options]:"
+
+  opts.on("--key KEY", "consumer_key of your twitter application") do |key|
+    options[:conkey] = key
+  end
+
+  opts.on("--secret SECRET", "consumer_secret of your twitter application") do |secret|
+    options[:consec] = secret
+  end
+
+  opts.on("--file FILE", "file where the bearer_token should be stored to (e.g. config/secrets.yml)") do |file|
+    options[:file] = file
+  end
+
+end
+
+option_parser.parse!
+
+if options[:conkey].nil? || options[:consec].nil? then
+  puts option_parser
+  exit
+else
+  consumer_key = options[:conkey]
+  consumer_secret = options[:consec]
+end
+
+uri = URI("https://api.twitter.com/oauth2/token")
+data = "grant_type=client_credentials"
+cre   = Base64.encode64("#{consumer_key}:#{consumer_secret}")
+cre.delete!("\n")
+authorization_headers = { "Authorization" => "Basic #{cre}"}
+
+Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
+  response = http.request_post(uri, data, authorization_headers)
+  token_hash = JSON.parse(response.body)
+  bearer_token = token_hash["access_token"]
+end
+
+if options[:file].nil? || options[:consec].nil? then
+  puts bearer_token
+else
+  # put data into config/secrets.yml
+end