Create a folder to hold streams configuration files

Pick a place on your file system that's easy to remember and reference with an absolution path.

Create a new empty folder there and export the path to a variables.

$ mkdir ~/streams $ export STREAMS=$(cd ~streams; pwd)

Create a configuration file to hold secrets

$ cd $STREAMS $ touch reference.conf

To get started, put the following into reference.conf

twitter {
    oauth {
        consumerKey = ""
        consumerSecret = ""
        accessToken = ""
        accessTokenSecret = ""
    }
}

Visit developer.twitter.com to obtain the above fields and put them your reference.conf