I have a list of other users' access_token_key and access_token_key_secret. Is it possible to get their home timeline tweets with only these information?
Do I need my own consumer key and consumer secret? I followed this https://python-twitter.readthedocs.org/en/latest/getting_started.html but get 'Could not authenticate you'
The access token key and access token key secret are returned by a particular twitter aplication that's different to the one you could create. A connection created with those tokens and your own application consumer key and consumer secret values wont work because those tokens were returned by another app
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I cannot understand what is the difference between API key, API key secret, Bearer Token, Access Token Access Secret. There is also Client ID and Client Secret which is something very confusing.
I wish to create a Twitter bot, but I find this very confusing. I have tried googling my question, and searching it up on youtube, but I have not found an answer that clears my question.
Admittedly the terms are a bit confusing;but these terms have the same meaning:
Consumer key = Customer key = Api key
Consumer secret = Customer secret = Api secret key
In general, tokens above and Bearer token represent the user that you are making the request on behalf of.
Access token and Access secret - they are Username and Password for your App.
And their usage:
Consumer key, Consumer secret, Access token, Access Secret (or only Access token and Access Secret depending on language and libraries you are using) - these are needed if your software make request to endpoints with POST method, that is if it tweets, replies to a tweet and etc.
If the software make request to endpoints with GET method then authenticating with Bearer Token is enough. Another use of Bearer Token is with Twitter API v2, which only accepts Bearer Token authentication if try to make requests to endpoints of this api.
For more detailed information Getting Access to Twitter API
If you want to simply read tweets, then Bearer Token is enough.
If you want to create tweets then you will need to use:
API Key
API Key Secret
Access Token
Access Token Secret
The client Id and client secret are not require.
There's a full articl here:
https://pythonhowtoprogram.com/how-to-build-a-twitter-bot-with-python-and-twitter-api-v2/
I am using oAuth Model to access Podio API. I am able to generate the Access Token and Refresh Token using a pair of Client ID and Client Secret.
Later when i tried to authenticate using previously generated Access Token and Refresh Token with new pair of Client ID and Client Secret then getting Following Error Message:
{"{\"error_propagate\":false,\"error\":\"invalid_grant\",\"error_description\":\"Invalid refresh_token\",\"error_detail\":\"different_client_id\",\"request\":{\"url\":\"http://api.podio.com/oauth/token\",\"query_string\":\"\",\"method\":\"POST\"}}"}
When i tried to authenticate using same Pair of Client ID and Client secret that was originally used to generate the Access Token , it Works.
My Question is: Can we use different Client ID and Client Secret to authenticate through Access Tokens that were generated using different Client Id and Secret.
I hope i have clearly described my question.
No, access tokens are tied to a specific client and secret. Allowing access tokens to be used with other clients would be a security hole.
I have been using Oauth for a while but have never been completely sure of the difference between these four terms (and the functionality of each). I frequently see (for instance in the Twitter Public API)
Consumer key:
Consumer secret:
Access token:
and
Access token secret:
field but I have never known exactly what they do. I know that Oauth has the ability to authorize apps (let them act on a user's behalf) but I do not understand the relationship between these four authorization terms and would love an explanation.
Basically, I am not sure how the access token or token secret are generated, where they are stored, and what relation they have to each other or to the consumer key and secret.
Thank you
Consumer key is the API key that a service provider (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) issues to a consumer (a service that wants to access a user's resources on the service provider). This key is what identifies the consumer.
Consumer secret is the consumer "password" that is used, along with the consumer key, to request access (i.e. authorization) to a user's resources from a service provider.
Access token is what is issued to the consumer by the service provider once the consumer completes authorization. This token defines the access privileges of the consumer over a particular user's resources. Each time the consumer wants to access the user's data from that service provider, the consumer includes the access token in the API request to the service provider.
Hope that clears it up. I would recommend skimming through the beginning of the oAuth 2.0 spec. It's really informative.
There are two type of authentication, the first one is called authentication which uses the consumer key and consumer secret to identify this client and be sure that it is a valid account, the second one called authorization, it allows the resources server to identify which kind of actions you have the permission to do with data or what we call a resource, this operation uses access token and access token secret.
For further details, take a look at this useful slides from google:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KqevSqe6ygWVj4U-wlarKU7-SVR79x-vjpR4gEc4A9Q/edit?pli=1#slide=id.g1697c74a_1_14
I am working in a Rails application in which i use OmniAuth to authenticate user with Twitter.
Once user is authenticated properly, i then get the OAuth Token and OAuth Secret from Twitter.
I can then use this token and secret pairs to make api calls from my Rails application.
Consumer key from my twitter application is used to make api calls along with users token and secret.
Now, when my consumer key (of my twitter app) is changed. All the previously obtained OAuth token and secret are not working (i cannot use it to make api call).
How should i handle this situation when the consumer key is changed?
is there any way to refresh the Oauth token and secret with new consumer key without prompting user again to authenticate with twitter?
If you changed the consumer keys it means you are using different twitter application, how old application token supports new application? its not possible to merge two twitter application tokens.
Once you changed the consumer key, user again needs to authenticate the new twitter application.
I am working on a Twitter project where I want to use OAuth but I don't know where to get the consumer and secret keys.
How can I get these?
To get Consumer Key & Consumer Secret, you have to create an app in Twitter via
https://developer.twitter.com/en/apps
Then you'll be taken to a page containing Consumer Key & Consumer Secret.
Hopefully this information will clarify OAuth essentials for Twitter:
Create a Twitter account if you don't already have one
Visit 'https://apps.twitter.com' and follow the required prompts to create a developer project (Twitter requires you to answer some questions before they will approve your account. Approval was nearly instant in my case.)
Requesting the API key and secret via the Developer Portal causes Twitter to produce the following three things:
API key (this is your 'consumer key')
API secret key (this is your 'consumer secret')
Bearer token
Next, visit the 'Authentication Tokens' area of the Developer Portal and generate an 'Access token & secret'. This will provide you with the following two items:
Access token (this is your 'token key')
Access token secret (this is your 'token secret')
The consumer key, consumer secret, token key, and token secret should be sufficient to do Twitter API calls (they were for me).
Log into the Twitter Developers section.
If you don't already have an account, you can login with your normal Twitter credentials
Go to "Create an app"
Fill in the details of the application you'll be using to connect with the API
Your application name must be unique. If someone else is already using it, you won't be able to register your application until you can think of something that isn't being used.
Click on Create your Twitter application
Details of your new app will be shown along with your consumer key and consumer secret.
If you need access tokens, scroll down and click Create my access token
The page will then refresh on the "Details" tab with your new access tokens. You can recreate these at any time if you need to.
By default your apps will be granted for read-only access. To change this, go to the Settings tab and change the access level required in the "Application Type" section.
Existing apps
To get the consumer and access tokens for an existing application, go to My applications (which is available from the menu in the upper-right).
step 1.Go to https://dev.twitter.com/apps
step 2.Create app(fill up the form)
step 3.Change permissions if necessary(depending if you want to just read,write or execute)
step 4.Go To API keys section and click generate ACCESS TOKEN.
5 years late to answer :)
Now you have these tokens which is all you need.
'oauth_access_token' => Access token
'oauth_access_token_secret' => Access token secret
'consumer_key' => API key
'consumer_secret' => API secret
Simply go here: https://dev.twitter.com/apps/new Make sure you have logged in with your Twitter account - then create - even if your just entering random (Test) Content - create your app - afterwards you will receive all the data you require :)
Go to https://dev.twitter.com/apps to list all your apps. Click on the desired app to get its consumer and secret key. If you didnt yet created any app then follow https://dev.twitter.com/apps/new to create new one.
This slide show shows how to get both keys updated June 2013.
http://www.slideshare.net/Tweetganic/generate-twitter-applications
From the Twitter FAQ:
Most integrations with the API will require you to identify your application to Twitter by way of an API key. On the Twitter platform, the term "API key" usually refers to what's called an OAuth consumer key. This string identifies your application when making requests to the API. In OAuth 1.0a, your "API keys" probably refer to the combination of this consumer key and the "consumer secret," a string that is used to securely "sign" your requests to Twitter.
consumer_key = API key
consumer_secret = API key secret
Found it hidden in Twitter API Docs
Twitter's naming is just too confusing.
FYI, from November 2018 anyone who wants access Twitter’s APIs must apply for a Twitter Development Account by visiting https://developer.twitter.com/. Once your application has been approved then only you'll be able to create Twitter apps.
Once the Twitter Developer Account is ready:
1) Go to https://developer.twitter.com/.
2) Click on Apps and then click on Create an app.
3) Provide an App Name & Description.
4) Enter a website name in the Website URL field.
5) Click on Create.
6) Navigate to your app, then click on Details and then go to Keys and Tokens.
Reference: http://www.technocratsid.com/getting-twitter-consumer-api-access-token-keys/