VB.NET

X.com App only authentication and OAuth 2.0 Bearer Token

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Demonstrates how to obtain an X.com 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.

Your app will be able to, for example:

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

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;

VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

' Update these values with your consumer key and secret (also known as API Key and API Key Secret).
Dim consumerKey As String = "X_CONSUMER_KEY"
Dim consumerSecret As String = "X_CONSUMER_SECRET"

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

http.BasicAuth = True
http.Login = consumerKey
http.Password = consumerSecret

Dim req As New Chilkat.HttpRequest
req.AddParam("grant_type","client_credentials")

req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpReq("https://api.x.com/oauth2/token",req,resp)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code: " & resp.StatusCode)

If (resp.StatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Expected a 200 response status code for success.")
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr)
    Exit Sub
End If


' We should get a JSON response like this:

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

Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.Load(resp.BodyStr)

Debug.WriteLine("Access token = " & json.StringOf("access_token"))