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Twitter Simple Tweet (Post Status Update)

Demonstrates sending a simple Twitter status update (tweet).

This example is deprecated and no longer valid.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- 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..
    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'LoadFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/tokens/twitter.json'

    DECLARE @rest int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Rest', @rest OUT

    DECLARE @oauth1 int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.OAuth1', @oauth1 OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth1, 'ConsumerKey', 'TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth1, 'ConsumerSecret', 'TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'oauth_token'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth1, 'Token', @sTmp0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'oauth_token_secret'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth1, 'TokenSecret', @sTmp0
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @oauth1, 'SignatureMethod', 'HMAC-SHA1'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @oauth1, 'GenNonce', @success OUT, 16

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'SetAuthOAuth1', @success OUT, @oauth1, 0

    DECLARE @bAutoReconnect int
    SELECT @bAutoReconnect = 1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'api.twitter.com', 443, 1, @bAutoReconnect
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @oauth1
        RETURN
      END

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

    DECLARE @tweetContent nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @tweetContent = 'This is a test tweet.'

    -- Send a tweet...
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'ClearAllQueryParams', @success OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddQueryParam', @success OUT, 'status', @tweetContent
    DECLARE @resp nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'FullRequestFormUrlEncoded', @resp OUT, 'POST', '/1.1/statuses/update.json'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @oauth1
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @jsonResponse int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jsonResponse OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @jsonResponse, 'EmitCompact', 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'Load', @success OUT, @resp

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 200
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @oauth1
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonResponse
        RETURN
      END

    -- Show the successful response:
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    PRINT '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"
    -- 	}
    -- 

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @oauth1
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonResponse


END
GO