Does this mean that the streaming API will also make the switch from basic authentication to OAuth at the end of June?
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Mark McBride <mmcbr...@twitter.com> wrote: > OAuth is now enabled on stream.twitter.com. I'll also send a note out > to the announce list > > ---Mark > > http://twitter.com/mccv > > > > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Aaron Rankin <aran...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Is there an ETA for enabling oauth on stream.twitter.com? >> >> >> Thanks, >> Aaron >> >> On May 13, 1:11 pm, John Kalucki <j...@twitter.com> wrote: >>> OAuthis not enabled on stream.twitter.com. You can try on >>> chirpstream.twitter.com. >>> >>> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Lucas Vickers <lucasvick...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > I am writing my own c++ basedOAuthlibrary. I know there is liboauth >>> > but I like to do things myself to learn. >>> >>> > Anyhow I am trying to >>> > accesshttp://stream.twitter.com/1/statuses/sample.xml >>> > and I keep getting 401. >>> >>> > I have verified pretty much every parameter, and used the tool on >>> >http://hueniverse.com/2008/10/beginners-guide-to-oauth-part-iv-signin... >>> > to verify my signature is correct. I used twurl to obtain the user >>> > access tokens to my account. >>> >>> > After doing some reading I'm no longer convinced that thestreaming >>> > server even supportsoauth. >>> >>> > can you fill me in on the current status of stream.twitter.com and >>> >oauth? >>> >>> > thanks! >>> > Lucas >>> >>> > On Apr 20, 11:02 pm, Jonathon Hill <jhill9...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> Thanks Taylor for the very detailed and helpful response! >>> >>> >> Jonathon >>> >>> >> On Apr 20, 1:17 pm, Taylor Singletary <taylorsinglet...@twitter.com> >>> >> wrote: >>> >>> >> > Hi Jonathon, >>> >>> >> > ForStreamingAPI access that isn't from the perspective of a user's >>> >> > account, you would use two-leggedOAuthto establish authentication >>> >> > instead >>> >> > of basic auth. >>> >>> >> > A two-leggedOAuthrequest is very similar to otherOAuthrequests: you >>> >> > have >>> >> > a specific resource you are trying to access, you have some parameters >>> >> > you >>> >> > want to pass to that resource, and you have anOAuthconsumer key >>> >> > andOAuth >>> >> > consumer secret. Which is unlike three-leggedOAuthwhere you also have >>> >> > oauth_tokens representing either a user/access_token or a request >>> >> > token in >>> >> > addition to the rest. >>> >>> >> > But the rules remain the same. You take all theOAuthparameters and the >>> >> > parameters you are sending to the resource, organize them, build a >>> >> > signature >>> >> > base string, then sign that with your consumer secret and send the >>> >> > request >>> >> > on to Twitter properly signed. The only difference is that there is no >>> >> > oauth_token and oauth_token_secret getting involved in the mix. >>> >>> >> > This is essentially what a two-legged request to thestreamingAPI would >>> >> > look like: >>> >>> >> > Signature Base String >>> >> > GET&http%3A%2F%2Fstream.twitter.com >>> >> > %2F1%2Fstatuses%2Fsample.json&oauth_consumer_key%3Dri8JxYK2zzwSV5xIUfNNvQ%26oauth_nonce%3DSJJqJPdaZrYuIogToapS6ueJRyWB4Rs2ox4HEbu4nW8%26oauth_signature_method%3DHMAC-SHA1%26oauth_timestamp%3D1271783743%26oauth_version%3D1.0 >>> >>> >> > Signature >>> >> > Xi5jfuw2XqtU5KpNX9ZCtTptJS0= >>> >>> >> > Authorization Header >>> >> >OAuthoauth_nonce="SJJqJPdaZrYuIogToapS6ueJRyWB4Rs2ox4HEbu4nW8", >>> >> > oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1", oauth_timestamp="1271783743", >>> >> > oauth_consumer_key="ri8JxYK2zzwSV5xIUfNNvQ", >>> >> > oauth_signature="Xi5jfuw2XqtU5KpNX9ZCtTptJS0%3D", oauth_version="1.0" >>> >>> >> > Taylor Singletary >>> >> > Developer Advocate, Twitterhttp://twitter.com/episod >>> >>> >> > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Jonathon Hill <jhill9...@gmail.com> >>> >> > wrote: >>> >> > > One thing I meant to find out @chirp last week--what willoauthlook >>> >> > > like for theStreamingAPI? I'm having a hard time visualizing how >>> >> > > that will work. >>> >>> >> > > Thanks, >>> >>> >> > > Jonathon Hill >>> >> > > @compwright >>> >> > > Company52 >>> >> > >http://company52.com >>> >>> >> > > -- >>> >> > > Subscription settings: >>> >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/subscribe?hl=en >> >
