(Node.js) Twitter OAuth -- Tweet to Your Own Account

Demonstrates how to send a tweet (status update) to your own Twitter account using pre-known credentials, which includes:

1. Consumer Key
2. Consumer Secret
3. Access Token
4. Token Secret

Install Chilkat for Node.js and Electron using npm at Chilkat npm packages for Node.js Chilkat npm packages for Electron on Windows, Linux, MacOSX, and ARM

var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    if (os.arch() == 'ia32') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win-ia32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win64'); 
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-mac-m1');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-macosx');
    }
}

function chilkatExample() {

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

    var http = new chilkat.Http();

    http.OAuth1 = true;
    http.OAuthVerifier = "";
    http.OAuthConsumerKey = "my-consumer-key";
    http.OAuthConsumerSecret = "my-consumer-secret";
    http.OAuthToken = "my-access-token";
    http.OAuthTokenSecret = "my-token-secret";

    // Send the same status update as shown in this example:
    // https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/post/statuses/update

    // IMPORTANT: Make sure this app has read/write access.  
    // Otherwise it cannot post an update (i.e. tweet) to the Twitter account.

    var req = new chilkat.HttpRequest();
    req.AddParam("status","Maybe he'll finally find his keys. #peterfalk");

    // resp: HttpResponse
    var resp;

    resp = http.PostUrlEncoded("https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/update.json",req);

    if (http.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    if (resp.StatusCode == 200) {
        // Display the JSON response.
        console.log(resp.BodyStr);
    }
    else {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
    }


}

chilkatExample();