diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index df9bcc4c61..57d9c5ecdf 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -528,6 +528,8 @@ app.get('/api/blogger', resourcesController.bloggerCalls);
 
 app.get('/api/trello', resourcesController.trelloCalls);
 
+app.get('/api/codepen/twitter', resourcesController.codepenResources.twitter);
+
 /**
  * Bonfire related routes
  */
diff --git a/config/secrets.js b/config/secrets.js
index 7083405f7d..e52a27e9bb 100644
--- a/config/secrets.js
+++ b/config/secrets.js
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ module.exports = {
   },
 
   twitter: {
-    consumerKey: process.env.TWITTER_KEY,
-    consumerSecret: process.env.TWITTER_SECRET,
+    consumerKey:      process.env.TWITTER_KEY,
+    consumerSecret:   process.env.TWITTER_SECRET,
+    token:            process.env.TWITTER_TOKEN,
+    tokenSecret:      process.env.TWITTER_TOKEN_SECRET,
     callbackURL: '/auth/twitter/callback',
     passReqToCallback: true
   },
diff --git a/controllers/resources.js b/controllers/resources.js
index dada649cbf..94d27c694a 100644
--- a/controllers/resources.js
+++ b/controllers/resources.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
   coursewares = require('../seed_data/coursewares.json'),
   fieldGuides = require('../seed_data/field-guides.json'),
   moment = require('moment'),
+  Twit = require('twit'),
   https = require('https'),
   debug = require('debug')('freecc:cntr:resources'),
   cheerio = require('cheerio'),
@@ -470,5 +471,29 @@ module.exports = {
         cb();
       });
     }
+  },
+  codepenResources: {
+    twitter: function(req, res) {
+      // sends out random tweets about javascript
+      var T = new Twit({
+        consumer_key:         secrets.twitter.consumerKey,
+        consumer_secret:      secrets.twitter.consumerSecret,
+        access_token:         secrets.twitter.token,
+        access_token_secret:  secrets.twitter.tokenSecret
+      });
+
+      T.get('search/tweets', {q: 'javascript', count:10}, function(err, data, response) {
+        return res.json(data);
+      });
+    },
+    twitterFCCStream: function() {
+      // sends out a tweet stream from FCC's account
+    },
+    twitch: function() {
+      // exports information from the twitch account
+    },
+    slack: function() {
+
+    }
   }
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 791058bf8c..d1179cf9e4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     "request": "^2.53.0",
     "sanitize-html": "^1.6.1",
     "sitemap": "^0.7.4",
+    "twit": "^1.1.20",
     "uglify-js": "^2.4.15",
     "validator": "^3.22.1",
     "yui": "^3.18.1"