How to test the twitter API locally?

Question

I\'m trying to write a web application that would use Twitter via OAuth.

1. I run my local server as \'localhost\', so I need the callback URL to be something like

Answer 1

In answer to (1), see this thread, in particular episod's replies: https://dev.twitter.com/discussions/5749

It doesn't matter what callback URL you put in your app's management page on dev.twitter.com (as long as you don't use localhost). You provide the 'real' callback URL as part of your request for an OAuth token.