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@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Twython offers support for both OAuth 1 and OAuth 2 authentication.
The difference:
- :ref:`OAuth 1 <oauth1>` is for user authenticated calls (tweeting, following people, sneding DMs, etc.)
- :ref:`OAuth 1 <oauth1>` is for user authenticated calls (tweeting, following people, sending DMs, etc.)
- :ref:`OAuth 2 <oauth2>` is for application authenticated calls (when you don't want to authenticate a user and make read-only calls to Twitter, i.e. searching, reading a public users timeline)
.. _oauth1:
@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ OAuth 1 (User Authentication)
.. important:: Again, if your web app is planning on using interacting with users, this **IS** the authentication type for you. If you're not interested in authenticating a user and plan on making read-only calls, check out the :ref:`OAuth 2 <oauth2>` section.
First, you'll want to import Twython::
First, you'll want to import Twython
.. code-block:: python
from twython import Twython
@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ Now, you'll want to create a Twython instance with your ``Consumer Key`` and ``C
Obtain Authorization URL
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
::
.. code-block:: python
APP_KEY = 'YOUR_APP_KEY'
APP_SECET = 'YOUR_APP_SECRET'
@ -50,11 +52,15 @@ Obtain Authorization URL
twitter = Twython(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET)
auth = twitter.get_authentication_tokens(callback_url='http://mysite.com/callback')
From the ``auth`` variable, save the ``oauth_token_secret`` for later use. In Django or other web frameworks, you might want to store it to a session variable::
From the ``auth`` variable, save the ``oauth_token_secret`` for later use. In Django or other web frameworks, you might want to store it to a session variable
.. code-block:: python
OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET = auth['oauth_token_secret']
Send the user to the authentication url, you can obtain it by accessing::
Send the user to the authentication url, you can obtain it by accessing
.. code-block:: python
auth['auth_url']
@ -66,19 +72,24 @@ After they authorize your application to access some of their account details, t
You'll want to extract the ``oauth_token`` and ``oauth_verifier`` from the url.
Django example:
::
.. code-block:: python
OAUTH_TOKEN = request.GET['oauth_token']
oauth_verifier = request.GET['oauth_verifier']
Now that you have the ``oauth_token`` and ``oauth_verifier`` stored to variables, you'll want to create a new instance of Twython and grab the final user tokens::
Now that you have the ``oauth_token`` and ``oauth_verifier`` stored to variables, you'll want to create a new instance of Twython and grab the final user tokens
.. code-block:: python
twitter = Twython(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET,
OAUTH_TOKEN, OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET)
final_step = twitter.get_authorized_tokens(oauth_verifier)
Once you have the final user tokens, store them in a database for later use!::
Once you have the final user tokens, store them in a database for later use!
.. code-block:: python
OAUTH_TOKEN = final_step['oauth_token']
OAUTH_TOKEN_SECERT = final_step['oauth_token_secret']
@ -93,14 +104,16 @@ OAuth 2 (Application Authentication)
OAuth 2 authentication is 100x easier than OAuth 1.
Let's say you *just* made your application and have your ``Consumer Key`` and ``Consumer Secret``
First, you'll want to import Twython::
First, you'll want to import Twython
.. code-block:: python
from twython import Twython
Obtain an OAuth 2 Access Token
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
::
.. code-block:: python
APP_KEY = 'YOUR_APP_KEY'
APP_SECET = 'YOUR_APP_SECRET'
@ -108,12 +121,12 @@ Obtain an OAuth 2 Access Token
twitter = Twython(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET, oauth_version=2)
ACCESS_TOKEN = twitter.obtain_access_token()
# Save ACCESS_TOKEN in a database or something for later use!
Save ``ACCESS_TOKEN`` in a database or something for later use!
Use the Access Token
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
::
.. code-block:: python
APP_KEY = 'YOUR_APP_KEY'
ACCESS_TOKEN = 'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN'