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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This example is deprecated and no longer valid.

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#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <C_CkRestW.h>
#include <C_CkOAuth1W.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    HCkRestW rest;
    HCkOAuth1W oauth1;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    const wchar_t *tweetContent;
    const wchar_t *resp;
    HCkJsonObjectW jsonResponse;

    success = FALSE;

    // 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..
    json = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    success = CkJsonObjectW_LoadFile(json,L"qa_data/tokens/twitter.json");

    rest = CkRestW_Create();
    oauth1 = CkOAuth1W_Create();

    CkOAuth1W_putConsumerKey(oauth1,L"TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY");
    CkOAuth1W_putConsumerSecret(oauth1,L"TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET");
    CkOAuth1W_putToken(oauth1,CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"oauth_token"));
    CkOAuth1W_putTokenSecret(oauth1,CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"oauth_token_secret"));
    CkOAuth1W_putSignatureMethod(oauth1,L"HMAC-SHA1");
    CkOAuth1W_GenNonce(oauth1,16);

    CkRestW_SetAuthOAuth1(rest,oauth1,FALSE);

    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRestW_Connect(rest,L"api.twitter.com",443,TRUE,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkOAuth1W_Dispose(oauth1);
        return;
    }

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

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

    // Send a tweet...
    CkRestW_ClearAllQueryParams(rest);
    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"status",tweetContent);
    resp = CkRestW_fullRequestFormUrlEncoded(rest,L"POST",L"/1.1/statuses/update.json");
    if (CkRestW_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkOAuth1W_Dispose(oauth1);
        return;
    }

    jsonResponse = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_putEmitCompact(jsonResponse,FALSE);
    CkJsonObjectW_Load(jsonResponse,resp);

    if (CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest) != 200) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkJsonObjectW_emit(jsonResponse));
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkOAuth1W_Dispose(oauth1);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonResponse);
        return;
    }

    // Show the successful response:
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkJsonObjectW_emit(jsonResponse));
    wprintf(L"Success.\n");

    // 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"
    // 	}
    // 


    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
    CkOAuth1W_Dispose(oauth1);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonResponse);

    }