How to make multiple posts to Twitter via iOS? - ios

Question

I am attempting to post to Twitter without user interaction (as this would force the user to hit 'Send' multiple times.).
The following is my code:
- (void) postToTwitterUsingTWRequest: (NSDictionary*) appDictionary {
NSString *trackName = [appDictionary objectForKey:#"trackName"];
NSString *trackId = [[appDictionary objectForKey:#"trackId"] description];
NSString *artworkUrl512 = [appDictionary objectForKey:#"artworkUrl512"];
NSMutableString *requestUrlString = [NSMutableString new];
[requestUrlString appendFormat:#"http://itunes.apple.com/%#",[[NSLocale currentLocale] objectForKey:NSLocaleCountryCode]];
[requestUrlString appendFormat:#"/app/%#", trackName];
[requestUrlString appendFormat:#"/id%#?mt=8", trackId];
ACAccountStore *account = [[ACAccountStore alloc] init];
ACAccountType *accountType = [account accountTypeWithAccountTypeIdentifier:
ACAccountTypeIdentifierTwitter];
[account requestAccessToAccountsWithType:accountType options:nil completion:^(BOOL granted, NSError *error) {
if (granted == YES) {
NSArray *arrayOfAccounts = [account
accountsWithAccountType:accountType];
if ([arrayOfAccounts count] > 0)
{
ACAccount *twitterAccount = [arrayOfAccounts lastObject];
TWRequest *postRequest = [[TWRequest alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"https://upload.twitter.com/1/statuses/update_with_media.json"] parameters:nil requestMethod:TWRequestMethodPOST];
//NSData *tempData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString: #"http://eborkdev.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/logo.png"]];
NSData *tempData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString: artworkUrl512]];
[postRequest addMultiPartData:tempData withName:#"media" type:#"image/png"];
tempData = [[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%# was recommended using Tell A Friend (http://link_to_tell_a_friend.com). \n %#", trackName, requestUrlString] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
[postRequest addMultiPartData:tempData withName:#"status" type:#"text/plain"];
[postRequest setAccount:twitterAccount];
isPostingToTwitter = true;
[postRequest performRequestWithHandler:^(NSData *responseData, NSHTTPURLResponse *urlResponse, NSError *error) {
isPostingToTwitter = false;
NSLog(#"Twitter HTTP response: %i", [urlResponse statusCode]);
}];
}
else {
UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"Error"
message:#"No Twitter accounts found. Please ensure that there are accounts present, and try again."
delegate:nil
cancelButtonTitle:#"OK"
otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alertView show];
}
}
}];
}
I am looping through this in order to make the multiple calls like so:
for (NSDictionary* appDictionary in selectedApps) {
[self postToTwitterUsingTWRequest:appDictionary];
}
Sometimes it allows me to send one giving me the 200 statusCode. But when sending multiple, I get 403 and 200, or just 403.
How can I fix this?

Answer 1

You should read the following links before proceeding, the thing you are trying to do is called spamming..
https://dev.twitter.com/docs/error-codes-responses
https://support.twitter.com/articles/15364-about-twitter-limits-update-api-dm-and-following

Answer 2

TRY THIS
AT .H
#import <Twitter/Twitter.h>
#import <Accounts/Accounts.h>
- (void)sendTweet
{
Class tweeterClass = NSClassFromString(#"TWTweetComposeViewController");
if(tweeterClass != nil) { // check for Twitter integration
if ([TWTweetComposeViewController canSendTweet])
{
// Create account store, followed by a twitter account identifier
// At this point, twitter is the only account type available
ACAccountStore *account = [[ACAccountStore alloc] init];
ACAccountType *accountType = [account accountTypeWithAccountTypeIdentifier:ACAccountTypeIdentifierTwitter];
// Request access from the user to access their Twitter account
[account requestAccessToAccountsWithType:accountType withCompletionHandler:^(BOOL granted, NSError *error)
{
// Did user allow us access?
if (granted == YES)
{
// Populate array with all available Twitter accounts
NSArray *arrayOfAccounts = [account accountsWithAccountType:accountType];
// Sanity check
if ([arrayOfAccounts count] > 0)
{
// Keep it simple, use the first account available
ACAccount *acct = [arrayOfAccounts objectAtIndex:0];
// Build a twitter request
TWRequest *postRequest = [[TWRequest alloc] initWithURL:
[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/update.json"]
parameters:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:str_tweet
forKey:#"status"] requestMethod:TWRequestMethodPOST];
// Post the request
[postRequest setAccount:acct];
// Block handler to manage the response
[postRequest performRequestWithHandler:^(NSData *responseData, NSHTTPURLResponse *urlResponse, NSError *error)
{
// NSString *response = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:responseData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
// NSLog(#"Twitter response: %#, HTTP response: %#", response, [urlResponse statusCode]);
}];
}
}
}];
}
else
{
NSLog(#"Unable to tweet!");
}
}
}