# Follows twitter input

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/follows-twitter-input/54837>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 6, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/follows-twitter-input/54837 "2016-07-06T14:17:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![josefboukersi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@josefboukersi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/josefboukersi)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/follows-twitter-input/54837/1 "2016-07-06T14:17:16Z")

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hey,  
i try to give a follows with logstash but i have this error  
`Pipeline aborted due to error {:exception=>#<NoMethodError: undefined method proxy_address=`  
i need to use a proxy, i can't work without it.  
there is my configuration  
input  
{  
twitter  
{  
consumer\_key =\> "xx"  
consumer\_secret =\> "xx"  
oauth\_token =\> "xx"  
oauth\_token\_secret =\> "xx"  
follows =\> ["@stage\_elastic"]  
use\_proxy =\> true  
proxy\_address =\> "xx"  
proxy\_port =\> "xx"  
full\_tweet =\> true  
}  
i try to replace ["@stage\_elastic"] by ["749864977251627008"] or ["stage\_elastic"] i have even error.

but whene i try (juste try) work without proxy i have this error  
Connection refused {:exception=\>#\<Errno::ECONNREFUSED: Connection refused`

thank s for your help .

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/follows-twitter-input/54837/2 "2016-07-06T21:13:08Z")

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What version are you on?

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**Author:** ![josefboukersi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@josefboukersi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/josefboukersi)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 7:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/follows-twitter-input/54837/3 "2016-07-07T07:27:20Z")

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my version is : logstash 2.3.2 , elasticsearch 2.3.2, logtsash-input-twitter : 5.15.0  
thank you

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**Author:** ![joaninh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@joaninh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joaninh)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/follows-twitter-input/54837/4 "2016-07-15T13:14:41Z")

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Hi,  
I've got the same error and my Logstash version is 2.3.1.  
Any help would be appreciated.  
Thank you.

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**Author:** ![josefboukersi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@josefboukersi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/josefboukersi)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/follows-twitter-input/54837/5 "2016-07-15T13:47:01Z")

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hey  
I called the company Elastic then, he suggested me to reprogram the plugin according to my needs.  
i think it's not easy and take long time for this.

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**Author:** ![josefboukersi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@josefboukersi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/josefboukersi)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 6:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/follows-twitter-input/54837/6 "2016-07-18T06:34:22Z")

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Logstash 2.3 and ES 2.3.2

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**Author:** ![joaninh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@joaninh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joaninh)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 6:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/follows-twitter-input/54837/7 "2016-07-18T06:34:27Z")

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Hi,  
Thank you very much for this information.  
It's not a good news...

![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/2/218faacd648e2383169e5c1040fc2f7868bcc024.gif)

![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/8/808d4ea63f7c33b92d1b1441c471b30d6bfdec2f.gif)

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**Author:** ![joaninh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@joaninh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joaninh)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/follows-twitter-input/54837/8 "2016-07-18T06:53:19Z")

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What do yo mean ?

![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/2/218faacd648e2383169e5c1040fc2f7868bcc024.gif)

![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/8/808d4ea63f7c33b92d1b1441c471b30d6bfdec2f.gif)

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**Author:** ![josefboukersi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@josefboukersi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/josefboukersi)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/follows-twitter-input/54837/9 "2016-07-18T07:34:52Z")

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hi,

if you have an idea or other information please let me know

thank youuuu

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**Author:** ![joaninh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@joaninh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joaninh)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/follows-twitter-input/54837/10 "2016-07-18T07:48:23Z")

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ok

![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/2/218faacd648e2383169e5c1040fc2f7868bcc024.gif)

![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/8/808d4ea63f7c33b92d1b1441c471b30d6bfdec2f.gif)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/follows-twitter-input/54837/11 "2017-07-06T04:47:37Z")

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