(Node.js) Twitter Simple Tweet (Post Status Update)

Demonstrates sending a simple Twitter status update (tweet).

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() {

    // It 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..
    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    var success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/twitter.json");

    var rest = new chilkat.Rest();
    var oauth1 = new chilkat.OAuth1();

    oauth1.ConsumerKey = "TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY";
    oauth1.ConsumerSecret = "TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET";
    oauth1.Token = json.StringOf("oauth_token");
    oauth1.TokenSecret = json.StringOf("oauth_token_secret");
    oauth1.SignatureMethod = "HMAC-SHA1";
    oauth1.GenNonce(16);

    rest.SetAuthOAuth1(oauth1,false);

    var bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("api.twitter.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

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

    var tweetContent = "This is a test tweet.";

    // Send a tweet...
    rest.ClearAllQueryParams();
    rest.AddQueryParam("status",tweetContent);
    var resp = rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/1.1/statuses/update.json");
    if (rest.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var jsonResponse = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    jsonResponse.EmitCompact = false;
    jsonResponse.Load(resp);

    if (rest.ResponseStatusCode !== 200) {
        console.log(jsonResponse.Emit());
        return;
    }

    // Show the successful response:
    console.log(jsonResponse.Emit());
    console.log("Success.");

    // A successful JSON response looks like this:

    // 	{
    // 	  "created_at": "Tue Oct 18 01:58:44 +0000 2016",
    // 	  "id": 788111589581114111,
    // 	  "id_str": "788111189585711352",
    // 	  "text": "This is a test tweet.",
    // 	  "truncated": false,
    // 	  "entities": {
    // 	    "hashtags": [
    // 	    ],
    // 	    "symbols": [
    // 	    ],
    // 	    "user_mentions": [
    // 	    ],
    // 	    "urls": [
    // 	    ]
    // 	  },
    // 	  "source": "\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.chilkatsoft.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eChilkatTestApp\u003c\/a\u003e",
    // 	  "in_reply_to_status_id": null,
    // 	  "in_reply_to_status_id_str": null,
    // 	  "in_reply_to_user_id": null,
    // 	  "in_reply_to_user_id_str": null,
    // 	  "in_reply_to_screen_name": null,
    // 	  "user": {
    // 	    "id": 85647455,
    // 	    "id_str": "85647455",
    // 	    "name": "Chilkat Software",
    // 	    "screen_name": "chilkatsoft",
    // 	    "location": "",
    // 	    "description": "",
    // 	    "url": "https:\/\/t.co\/hSTR4sOuis",
    // 	    "entities": {
    // 	      "url": {
    // 	        "urls": [
    // 	          {
    // 	            "url": "https:\/\/t.co\/hSTR4sOuis",
    // 	            "expanded_url": "http:\/\/www.chilkatsoft.com",
    // 	            "display_url": "chilkatsoft.com",
    // 	            "indices": [
    // 	              0,
    // 	              23
    // 	            ]
    // 	          }
    // 	        ]
    // 	      },
    // 	      "description": {
    // 	        "urls": [
    // 	        ]
    // 	      }
    // 	    },
    // 	    "protected": false,
    // 	    "followers_count": 36,
    // 	    "friends_count": 0,
    // 	    "listed_count": 4,
    // 	    "created_at": "Tue Oct 27 19:56:13 +0000 2009",
    // 	    "favourites_count": 0,
    // 	    "utc_offset": null,
    // 	    "time_zone": null,
    // 	    "geo_enabled": false,
    // 	    "verified": false,
    // 	    "statuses_count": 6,
    // 	    "lang": "en",
    // 	    "contributors_enabled": false,
    // 	    "is_translator": false,
    // 	    "is_translation_enabled": false,
    // 	    "profile_background_color": "C0DEED",
    // 	    "profile_background_image_url": "http:\/\/abs.twimg.com\/images\/themes\/theme1\/bg.png",
    // 	    "profile_background_image_url_https": "https:\/\/abs.twimg.com\/images\/themes\/theme1\/bg.png",
    // 	    "profile_background_tile": false,
    // 	    "profile_image_url": "http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/115893001012741111\/clLweDSg_normal.jpg",
    // 	    "profile_image_url_https": "https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/115893001012741111\/clLweDSg_normal.jpg",
    // 	    "profile_link_color": "0084B4",
    // 	    "profile_sidebar_border_color": "C0DEED",
    // 	    "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "DDEEF6",
    // 	    "profile_text_color": "333333",
    // 	    "profile_use_background_image": true,
    // 	    "has_extended_profile": false,
    // 	    "default_profile": true,
    // 	    "default_profile_image": false,
    // 	    "following": false,
    // 	    "follow_request_sent": false,
    // 	    "notifications": false
    // 	  },
    // 	  "geo": null,
    // 	  "coordinates": null,
    // 	  "place": null,
    // 	  "contributors": null,
    // 	  "is_quote_status": false,
    // 	  "retweet_count": 0,
    // 	  "favorite_count": 0,
    // 	  "favorited": false,
    // 	  "retweeted": false,
    // 	  "lang": "en"
    // 	}
    // 

}

chilkatExample();