Hi Vijay, For the situation you describe we provide a "My Access Token" page which you can reach from the details page of your application. Just visit http://dev.twitter.com/apps, follow the link to your applications details and then click "My Access Token" on the right hand side. That page provides you with the user token and secret for your account using that application. Using these details you don't need to complete the OAuth handshake process and can go straight onto making signed OAuth requests.
Hope that helps, Matt On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Vijay <bvija...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying a server to server communication from my Java application > to my twitter account only.I assuming I have to use 2 legged OAuth/ > xAuth to do this and avoid the browser redirection in the middle since > this user/twitter account is totally under my control and I will not > be using it for other users account and do not want to interact with a > browser during this interaction with the Twitter account. > > Is this a correct assumption ? I was told that xAuth is a temporary > option provided by Twitter API folks. > > TIA, > Vijay > > On Jun 13, 12:01 am, Vijay <bvija...@gmail.com> wrote: > > HI Matt, > > > > Thanks for your response. > > I tried using the oauth token and secret for the x_auth_username and > > x_auth_password but that did not work for the 2 legged oauth that I am > > trying to achieve using Twitter4J so that I don't get prompted for the > > browser authorization that I am trying to avoid.I have sent a request > > to the twittter api folks about it.I am not sure if that is the right > > way to proceed. > > > > Just to clarify.I have my own Twitter account and I have a web > > application that wants to access my Twitter account private list of > > followers.So, I setup a Twitter a/c and also an Application under that > > a/c which gave me a consumer key/secret.Now, I have a web application > > which accesses this Twitter a/c to get the private list of followers > > without prompting a Browser prompt for user authorization(server to > > server backend using 2 legged Oauth maybe ???) > > > > TIA,Vijay > > > > On Jun 12, 12:07 pm, Matt Harris <thematthar...@twitter.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > HiVijay, > > > > > If you only want access to your own account then you can visit the > > > application details for your application onhttp://dev.twitter.com/apps. > On > > > that page you will find an option called My Access Token. This option > will > > > display the user token and secret for you to be able to access your > > > application. > > > > > Remember, this is only suited for your own account on your own > application. > > > > > Hope that helps, > > > Matt > > > > > On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 11:06 PM,Vijay<bvija...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Pardon my ignorance here as a 1st time poster. > > > > My actual requirement: > > > > My web app using jQuery/Juitter needs to access my twitter account's > > > > private List of people I am following. > > > > > > I am trying to use a proxy service with a java servlet on the > > > > serverside to access the Twitter API.Basic Auth is not going to work > > > > and the next option was OAuth which lead me to the server-side > > > > solution with java/Twitter4J. > > > > > > I need to get a Browserless authorization exchange for my web > > > > application.Ideally, I would like to use the Consumer key and secret > > > > instead of username and password but I do not want to display the > > > > Authorization page for the backend access from my web application to > > > > my twitter account via the Twitter API to happen.Curently, I am > trying > > > > to use Twitter4J to access the API with the Consumer key and secret > > > > and get a 401 authentication credentials error. > > > > > > I have looked at this post which asks to provide username and > password > > > > in the POST.Is xAuth the option I should use for my web app to access > > > > my twitter account's private List of people I am following ? > > > > > > > http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method%3A-oauth-access_to... > > > > > > Appreciate any feedback for a newcomer with Twitter. > > > > > >Vijay > > > > > -- > > > > > Matt Harris > > > Developer Advocate, Twitterhttp://twitter.com/themattharris > -- Matt Harris Developer Advocate, Twitter http://twitter.com/themattharris
