(PowerBuilder) Twitter - Application Only Authentication

Demonstrates how to get a Twitter OAuth2 token for application-only authentication.

This allows you to issue authenticated requests on behalf of the application itself (as opposed to on behalf of a specific user). You don’t have the context of an authenticated user and this means that any request to API for endpoints that require user context, such as posting Tweets, will not work. However, the set of endpoints that will still be available can have a higher rate limit.

Your app will be able to, for example:

• Pull user timelines;
• Access friends and followers of any account;
• Access lists resources;
• Search in Tweets;
• Retrieve any user information;

And it will not be able to:

• Post Tweets or other resources;
• Connect to Streaming endpoints;
• Search for users;
• Use any geo endpoint;
• Access Direct Messages or account credentials;

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

integer li_rc
string ls_ConsumerKey
string ls_ConsumerSecret
oleobject loo_Http
oleobject loo_Req
oleobject loo_Resp
oleobject loo_Json

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

// Note: Define your Twitter apps at https://apps.twitter.com/

// We're going to send an HTTPS POST that looks like this:

// POST /oauth2/token HTTP/1.1
// Host: api.twitter.com
// User-Agent: My Twitter App v1.0.23
// Authorization: Basic eHZ6MWV2RlM0d0VFUFRHRUZQSEJvZzpMOHFxOVBaeVJn
//                      NmllS0dFS2hab2xHQzB2SldMdzhpRUo4OERSZHlPZw==
// Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8
// Content-Length: 29
// Accept-Encoding: gzip
// 
// grant_type=client_credentials

// Update these values with your consumer key and secret (also known as API key and API secret).
ls_ConsumerKey = "TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY"
ls_ConsumerSecret = "TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET"

loo_Http = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Http" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Http
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

loo_Http.BasicAuth = 1
loo_Http.Login = ls_ConsumerKey
loo_Http.Password = ls_ConsumerSecret

loo_Req = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.HttpRequest" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Req.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.HttpRequest")

loo_Req.AddParam("grant_type","client_credentials")

loo_Resp = loo_Http.PostUrlEncoded("https://api.twitter.com/oauth2/token",loo_Req)
if loo_Http.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_Req
    return
end if

Write-Debug "Response Status Code: " + string(loo_Resp.StatusCode)

if loo_Resp.StatusCode <> 200 then
    Write-Debug "Expected a 200 response status code for success."
    Write-Debug loo_Resp.BodyStr
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_Req
    return
end if

// We should get a JSON response like this:

// {
//     "token_type":"bearer",
//     "access_token":"..."
// }

loo_Json = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_Json.Load(loo_Resp.BodyStr)

Write-Debug "Access token = " + loo_Json.StringOf("access_token")

destroy loo_Resp


destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_Req
destroy loo_Json