Tcl

Twitter Simple Tweet (Post Status Update)

Demonstrates sending a simple Twitter status update (tweet).

This example is deprecated and no longer valid.

Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set 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..
set json [new_CkJsonObject]

set success [CkJsonObject_LoadFile $json "qa_data/tokens/twitter.json"]

set rest [new_CkRest]

set oauth1 [new_CkOAuth1]

CkOAuth1_put_ConsumerKey $oauth1 "TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY"
CkOAuth1_put_ConsumerSecret $oauth1 "TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET"
CkOAuth1_put_Token $oauth1 [CkJsonObject_stringOf $json "oauth_token"]
CkOAuth1_put_TokenSecret $oauth1 [CkJsonObject_stringOf $json "oauth_token_secret"]
CkOAuth1_put_SignatureMethod $oauth1 "HMAC-SHA1"
CkOAuth1_GenNonce $oauth1 16

CkRest_SetAuthOAuth1 $rest $oauth1 0

set bAutoReconnect 1
set success [CkRest_Connect $rest "api.twitter.com" 443 1 $bAutoReconnect]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkRest_lastErrorText $rest]
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkOAuth1 $oauth1
    exit
}

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

set tweetContent "This is a test tweet."

# Send a tweet...
CkRest_ClearAllQueryParams $rest
CkRest_AddQueryParam $rest "status" $tweetContent
set resp [CkRest_fullRequestFormUrlEncoded $rest "POST" "/1.1/statuses/update.json"]
if {[CkRest_get_LastMethodSuccess $rest] != 1} then {
    puts [CkRest_lastErrorText $rest]
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkOAuth1 $oauth1
    exit
}

set jsonResponse [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_put_EmitCompact $jsonResponse 0
CkJsonObject_Load $jsonResponse $resp

if {[CkRest_get_ResponseStatusCode $rest] != 200} then {
    puts [CkJsonObject_emit $jsonResponse]
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkOAuth1 $oauth1
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonResponse
    exit
}

# Show the successful response:
puts [CkJsonObject_emit $jsonResponse]
puts "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"
# 	}
# 

delete_CkJsonObject $json
delete_CkRest $rest
delete_CkOAuth1 $oauth1
delete_CkJsonObject $jsonResponse