(Go) Emoji Tweet

Demonstrates posting a status update that includes an emoji character.

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    // This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    // This initial setup, which involves setting the OAuth1 properties and connecting
    // to api.twitter.com, is only required once at the beginning.  Once connected, the same
    // object instance may be re-used, and if necessary, it will automatically reconnect
    // as needed.

    // Assume we've previously obtained an access token and saved it to a JSON file..
    json := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    success := json.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/twitter.json")

    rest := chilkat.NewRest()
    oauth1 := chilkat.NewOAuth1()

    oauth1.SetConsumerKey("TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY")
    oauth1.SetConsumerSecret("TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET")
    oauth1.SetToken(json.StringOf("oauth_token"))
    oauth1.SetTokenSecret(json.StringOf("oauth_token_secret"))
    oauth1.SetSignatureMethod("HMAC-SHA1")
    oauth1.GenNonce(16)

    rest.SetAuthOAuth1(oauth1,false)

    bAutoReconnect := true
    success = rest.Connect("api.twitter.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(rest.LastErrorText())
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        rest.DisposeRest()
        oauth1.DisposeOAuth1()
        return
    }

    // This ends the initial setup...
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    // For this example, I've pre-created a text file containing two emoji
    // characters (the "ghost" emoji, and a "face savouring delicious food" emoji).  
    // This text file was saved using the utf-8 encoding.

    // The utf-8 bytes for the ghost emoji are 0x9f 0x91 0xbb.  (Note: This is the utf-8
    // representation that does not use surrogate pairs.)
    // 
    // The utf-8 bytes for the "face savouring delicious food" emoji are \xF0\x9F\x98\x8B.

    sbText := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    sbText.LoadFile("qa_data/txt/ghost_emoji.txt","utf-8")
    sbText.Prepend("Test tweet using two emoji chars: ")

    // Send a tweet...
    rest.ClearAllQueryParams()
    rest.AddQueryParam("status",*sbText.GetAsString())
    resp := rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/1.1/statuses/update.json")
    if rest.LastMethodSuccess() != true {
        fmt.Println(rest.LastErrorText())
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        rest.DisposeRest()
        oauth1.DisposeOAuth1()
        sbText.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    jsonResponse := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    jsonResponse.SetEmitCompact(false)
    jsonResponse.Load(*resp)

    if rest.ResponseStatusCode() != 200 {
        fmt.Println(*jsonResponse.Emit())
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        rest.DisposeRest()
        oauth1.DisposeOAuth1()
        sbText.DisposeStringBuilder()
        jsonResponse.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    // Show the successful response:
    fmt.Println(*jsonResponse.Emit())
    fmt.Println("Success.")

    json.DisposeJsonObject()
    rest.DisposeRest()
    oauth1.DisposeOAuth1()
    sbText.DisposeStringBuilder()
    jsonResponse.DisposeJsonObject()