Getting Twitter user details using swift - ios

Question

I have been searching since few days on how I can get user details based on his/her Twitter account ,I'm using twitter login in my application
& I haven't found anything about this in Swift, so i'm asking!
How can I get the username & email & uprofile Image of a logged in User with Parse from Twitter in order to save them on parse cloud?

Answer 1

You can access the username and userID of the logged-in user pretty easily. Inside most Twitter login methods you'll see something like this:
#IBAction func loginTwitter(sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
Twitter.sharedInstance().logInWithCompletion {
(session, error) -> Void in
if (session != nil) {
print(session?.userName)
print(session?.userID)
} else {
print("error")
}
}
}
Twitter does not expose the email address of users as far as I'm aware.
For the profile image you'll need to send a GET request. Here is some code that may not be up to date with the latest TwitterKit version but should at least give you a sense of how the request should be formatted.
func getUserInfo(screenName : String){
if let userID = Twitter.sharedInstance().sessionStore.session()!.userID {
let client = TWTRAPIClient(userID: userID)
let url = "https://api.twitter.com/1.1/users/show.json"
let params = ["screen_name": screenName]
var clientError : NSError?
let request = Twitter.sharedInstance().APIClient.URLRequestWithMethod("GET", URL: url, parameters: params, error: &clientError)
client.sendTwitterRequest(request) { (response, data, connectionError) -> Void in
if let someData = data {
do {
let results = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(someData, options: .AllowFragments) as! NSDictionary
print(results)
} catch {
}
}
}
}
}
You'll need to go through the JSON that gets returned and find "profile_image_url_https" a couple levels down.
Good Luck!

Answer 2

in Swift 4.2 and Xcode 10.1
It's getting email also.
import TwitterKit
#IBAction func onClickTwitterSignin(_ sender: UIButton) {
TWTRTwitter.sharedInstance().logIn { (session, error) in
if (session != nil) {
let name = session?.userName ?? ""
print(name)
print(session?.userID ?? "")
print(session?.authToken ?? "")
print(session?.authTokenSecret ?? "")
let client = TWTRAPIClient.withCurrentUser()
client.requestEmail { email, error in
if (email != nil) {
let recivedEmailID = email ?? ""
print(recivedEmailID)
}else {
print("error--: \(String(describing: error?.localizedDescription))");
}
}
//To get profile image url and screen name
let twitterClient = TWTRAPIClient(userID: session?.userID)
twitterClient.loadUser(withID: session?.userID ?? "") {(user, error) in
print(user?.profileImageURL ?? "")
print(user?.profileImageLargeURL ?? "")
print(user?.screenName ?? "")
}
let storyboard = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "SVC") as! SecondViewController
self.navigationController?.pushViewController(storyboard, animated: true)
}else {
print("error: \(String(describing: error?.localizedDescription))");
}
}
}
For logout
#IBAction func onClickTwitterSignout(_ sender: UIButton) {
let store = TWTRTwitter.sharedInstance().sessionStore
if let userID = store.session()?.userID {
print(store.session()?.userID ?? "")
store.logOutUserID(userID)
print(store.session()?.userID ?? "")
self.navigationController?.popToRootViewController(animated: true)
}
}