Update Twitter Status in C#

Update Twitter Status in C# - c#

I'm trying to update a user's Twitter status from my C# application.
I searched the web and found several possibilities, but I'm a bit confused by the recent (?) change in Twitter's authentication process. I also found what seems to be a relevant StackOverflow post, but it simply does not answer my question because it's ultra-specific regading a code snippet that does not work.
I'm attempting to reach the REST API and not the Search API, which means I should live up to the stricter OAuth authentication.
I looked at two solutions. The Twitterizer Framework worked fine, but it's an external DLL and I would rather use source code. Just as an example, the code using it is very clear and looks like so:
Twitter twitter = new Twitter("username", "password");
twitter.Status.Update("Hello World!");
I also examined Yedda's Twitter library, but this one failed on what I believe to be the authentication process, when trying basically the same code as above (Yedda expects the username and password in the status update itself but everything else is supposed to be the same).
Since I could not find a clear cut answer on the web, I'm bringing it to StackOverflow.
What's the simplest way to get a Twitter status update working in a C# application, without external DLL dependency?
Thanks

If you like the Twitterizer Framework but just don't like not having the source, why not download the source? (Or browse it if you just want to see what it's doing...)

I'm not a fan of re-inventing the wheel, especially when it comes to products that already exist that provide 100% of the sought functionality. I actually have the source code for Twitterizer running side by side my ASP.NET MVC application just so that I could make any necessary changes...
If you really don't want the DLL reference to exist, here is an example on how to code the updates in C#. Check this out from dreamincode.
/*
* A function to post an update to Twitter programmatically
* Author: Danny Battison
* Contact: gabehabe#hotmail.com
*/
/// <summary>
/// Post an update to a Twitter acount
/// </summary>
/// <param name="username">The username of the account</param>
/// <param name="password">The password of the account</param>
/// <param name="tweet">The status to post</param>
public static void PostTweet(string username, string password, string tweet)
{
try {
// encode the username/password
string user = Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(username + ":" + password));
// determine what we want to upload as a status
byte[] bytes = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("status=" + tweet);
// connect with the update page
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml");
// set the method to POST
request.Method="POST";
request.ServicePoint.Expect100Continue = false; // thanks to argodev for this recent change!
// set the authorisation levels
request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + user);
request.ContentType="application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
// set the length of the content
request.ContentLength = bytes.Length;
// set up the stream
Stream reqStream = request.GetRequestStream();
// write to the stream
reqStream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
// close the stream
reqStream.Close();
} catch (Exception ex) {/* DO NOTHING */}
}

Another Twitter library I have used sucessfully is TweetSharp, which provides a fluent API.
The source code is available at Google code. Why don't you want to use a dll? That is by far the easiest way to include a library in a project.

The simplest way to post stuff to twitter is to use basic authentication , which isn't very strong.
static void PostTweet(string username, string password, string tweet)
{
// Create a webclient with the twitter account credentials, which will be used to set the HTTP header for basic authentication
WebClient client = new WebClient { Credentials = new NetworkCredential { UserName = username, Password = password } };
// Don't wait to receive a 100 Continue HTTP response from the server before sending out the message body
ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = false;
// Construct the message body
byte[] messageBody = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("status=" + tweet);
// Send the HTTP headers and message body (a.k.a. Post the data)
client.UploadData("http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml", messageBody);
}

Try LINQ To Twitter. Find LINQ To Twitter update status with media complete code example that works with Twitter REST API V1.1. Solution is also available for download.
LINQ To Twitter Code Sample
var twitterCtx = new TwitterContext(auth);
string status = "Testing TweetWithMedia #Linq2Twitter " +
DateTime.Now.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
const bool PossiblySensitive = false;
const decimal Latitude = StatusExtensions.NoCoordinate;
const decimal Longitude = StatusExtensions.NoCoordinate;
const bool DisplayCoordinates = false;
string ReplaceThisWithYourImageLocation = Server.MapPath("~/test.jpg");
var mediaItems =
new List<media>
{
new Media
{
Data = Utilities.GetFileBytes(ReplaceThisWithYourImageLocation),
FileName = "test.jpg",
ContentType = MediaContentType.Jpeg
}
};
Status tweet = twitterCtx.TweetWithMedia(
status, PossiblySensitive, Latitude, Longitude,
null, DisplayCoordinates, mediaItems, null);

Try TweetSharp . Find TweetSharp update status with media complete code example works with Twitter REST API V1.1. Solution is also available for download.
TweetSharp Code Sample
//if you want status update only uncomment the below line of code instead
//var result = tService.SendTweet(new SendTweetOptions { Status = Guid.NewGuid().ToString() });
Bitmap img = new Bitmap(Server.MapPath("~/test.jpg"));
if (img != null)
{
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
img.Save(ms, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);
ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
Dictionary<string, Stream> images = new Dictionary<string, Stream>{{"mypicture", ms}};
//Twitter compares status contents and rejects dublicated status messages.
//Therefore in order to create a unique message dynamically, a generic guid has been used
var result = tService.SendTweetWithMedia(new SendTweetWithMediaOptions { Status = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), Images = images });
if (result != null && result.Id > 0)
{
Response.Redirect("https://twitter.com");
}
else
{
Response.Write("fails to update status");
}
}

Here's another solution with minimal code using the excellent AsyncOAuth Nuget package and Microsoft's HttpClient. This solution also assumes you're posting on your own behalf so you have your access token key/secret already, however even if you don't the flow is pretty easy (see AsyncOauth docs).
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using AsyncOAuth;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
public class TwitterClient
{
private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
public TwitterClient()
{
// See AsyncOAuth docs (differs for WinRT)
OAuthUtility.ComputeHash = (key, buffer) =>
{
using (var hmac = new HMACSHA1(key))
{
return hmac.ComputeHash(buffer);
}
};
// Best to store secrets outside app (Azure Portal/etc.)
_httpClient = OAuthUtility.CreateOAuthClient(
AppSettings.TwitterAppId, AppSettings.TwitterAppSecret,
new AccessToken(AppSettings.TwitterAccessTokenKey, AppSettings.TwitterAccessTokenSecret));
}
public async Task UpdateStatus(string status)
{
try
{
var content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(new Dictionary<string, string>()
{
{"status", status}
});
var response = await _httpClient.PostAsync("https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/update.json", content);
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
// OK
}
else
{
// Not OK
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// Log ex
}
}
}
This works on all platforms due to HttpClient's nature. I use this method myself on Windows Phone 7/8 for a completely different service.

Related

ASP NET Core Twitter OAuth Request Token Issues

Background
I have a back end application that has a Twitter app setup and I can query and pull user tweet/post data. This is great, however, right now on the front end I don't have full Twitter integration setup. What I mean by this is that on the front end the user can enter any Twitter username and I want to know for sure that the Twitter username entered actually belongs to the user. With a Twitter application key you can pull public Twitter data for any twitter account which works well for large scale data ingestion and in my case proof of concept kind of work. At the point I am now, I need to have the assumption enforced in the back end that the data being analyzed for a particular Twitter screen name is also owned by the user of the account on my web application.
The proposed Twitter Solution
Here is a bunch of reference documentation I have been trying to follow.
https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/basics/authentication/guides/log-in-with-twitter
https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/basics/authentication/api-reference/request_token
https://oauth.net/core/1.0/#anchor9
https://oauth.net/core/1.0/#auth_step1
I have been trying to follow this and I have had different permutations to the code posted below (one without the callback URL as parameters, one with etc.) but at this point, not very different. I have not had any success and it's been more than a couple of days, which is killing me.
The code
This is my attempt to follow the OAuth specification proposed above in the documentation. Note that this is ASP.NET Core 2.2 + code. Also, this is the code for just Step 1 in the Twitter guide for OAuth authentication and authorization.
public async Task<string> GetUserOAuthRequestToken()
{
int timestamp = (Int32)(DateTime.UtcNow.Subtract(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1))).TotalSeconds;
string nonce = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(timestamp.ToString()));
string consumerKey = twitterConfiguration.ConsumerKey;
string oAuthCallback = twitterConfiguration.OAuthCallback;
string requestString =
twitterConfiguration.EndpointUrl +
OAuthRequestTokenRoute;
string parameterString =
$"oauth_callback={WebUtility.UrlEncode(twitterConfiguration.OAuthCallback)}&" +
$"oauth_consumer_key={twitterConfiguration.ConsumerKey}&" +
$"oauth_nonce={nonce}&" +
$"oauth_signature_method=HMAC_SHA1&" +
$"oauth_timestamp={timestamp}" +
$"oauth_version=1.0";
string signatureBaseString =
"POST&" +
WebUtility.UrlEncode(requestString) +
"&" +
WebUtility.UrlEncode(parameterString);
string signingKey =
twitterConfiguration.ConsumerSecret +
"&" + twitterConfiguration.AccessTokenSecret;
byte[] signatureBaseStringBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(signatureBaseString);
byte[] signingKeyBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(signingKey);
HMACSHA1 hmacSha1 = new HMACSHA1(signingKeyBytes);
byte[] signature = hmacSha1.ComputeHash(signatureBaseStringBytes);
string authenticationHeaderValue =
$"oauth_nonce=\"{nonce}\", " +
$"oauth_callback=\"{WebUtility.UrlEncode(twitterConfiguration.OAuthCallback)}\", " +
$"oauth_signature_method=\"HMAC_SHA1\", " +
$"oauth_timestamp=\"{timestamp}\", " +
$"oauth_consumer_key=\"{twitterConfiguration.ConsumerKey}\", " +
$"oauth_signature=\"{Convert.ToBase64String(signature)}\", " +
$"oauth_version=\"1.0\"";
HttpRequestMessage request = new HttpRequestMessage();
request.Method = HttpMethod.Post;
request.RequestUri = new Uri(
baseUri: new Uri(twitterConfiguration.EndpointUrl),
relativeUri: OAuthRequestTokenRoute);
request.Content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(
new Dictionary<string, string>() {
{ "oauth_callback", twitterConfiguration.OAuthCallback }
});
request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("OAuth",
authenticationHeaderValue);
HttpResponseMessage httpResponseMessage = await httpClient.SendAsync(request);
if (httpResponseMessage.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
return await httpResponseMessage.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
}
else
{
return null;
}
}
Notes
I have tried to remove the callback URL from the parameters as well and that didn't work. I have tried all sort of slightly different permutations (urlencoded my signature, added the callback URL in the query string, removed it etc), but I have lost track at this point the one's I have tried and haven't (encodings, quotes etc.).
Ignore the fact that I am not serializing the response into a model yet as the goal is to first hit a success status code!
I have an integration test setup for this method as well and I keep getting 400 Bad Request with no additional information (which makes sense), but is absolutely not helping with debugging.
[Fact]
public async Task TwitterHttpClientTests_GetOAuthRequestToken_GetsToken()
{
var result = await twitterHttpClient.GetUserOAuthRequestToken();
Assert.NotNull(result);
}
As an aside I had some other questions as well:
Is there a way to verify a user's Twitter account without going
through the OAuth flow? The reason I ask this is because getting
through OAuth flow is proving to be difficult
Is it safe to do the first step of the Twitter login workflow on the back end and return the response to the front end? The response
would carry a sensitive token and token secret. (If I were to answer
this myself I would say you have to do it this way otherwise you
would have to hard code app secrets into front end configuration
which is worse). I ask this because this has been on my conscious
since I have started this and I'm worried a bit.
Is there an OAuth helper library for C# ASP.NET Core that can make this easier?

I solved this by writing unit tests and working through the Twitter documentation on Creating A Signature. Since that example provides keys and results, it's possible to verify that your code is correct.
Since you asked about libraries - I wrote LINQ to Twitter with the hope of helping others like myself with this difficult task.
In addition to to signature, the page navigation can be challenging as your code works through the OAuth flow. Please review the Twitter documentation on Obtaining user access tokens to understand this better. I've also documented this in the LINQ to Twitter Wiki on Securing your Applications. Here's how this will work with LINQ to Twitter:
First, I have an OAuthController with a Begin action to redirect a user to for kicking off the authentication process:
public async Task<ActionResult> Begin()
{
//var auth = new MvcSignInAuthorizer
var auth = new MvcAuthorizer
{
CredentialStore = new SessionStateCredentialStore(HttpContext.Session)
{
ConsumerKey = configuration["Twitter:ConsumerKey"],
ConsumerSecret = configuration["Twitter:ConsumerSecret"]
}
};
string twitterCallbackUrl = Request.GetDisplayUrl().Replace("Begin", "Complete");
return await auth.BeginAuthorizationAsync(new Uri(twitterCallbackUrl));
}
Notice that it's using an MvcSignInAuthorizer, passing in credentials via the CredentialStore property. If you were using your own raw code, you would be setting up the HTTP request with the Authorization header.
Next, notice that I'm modifying the current URL so that it will reference the same controller, but with the Complete endpoint. That is the oauth_callback that gets sent to Twitter authorization.
That process redirects the user to the Twitter web site, they authorize your app, and then it uses the oauth_callback to redirect the user back to your site. Here's how you handle that:
public async Task<ActionResult> Complete()
{
var auth = new MvcAuthorizer
{
CredentialStore = new SessionStateCredentialStore(HttpContext.Session)
};
await auth.CompleteAuthorizeAsync(new Uri(Request.GetDisplayUrl()));
// This is how you access credentials after authorization.
// The oauthToken and oauthTokenSecret do not expire.
// You can use the userID to associate the credentials with the user.
// You can save credentials any way you want - database,
// isolated storage, etc. - it's up to you.
// You can retrieve and load all 4 credentials on subsequent
// queries to avoid the need to re-authorize.
// When you've loaded all 4 credentials, LINQ to Twitter will let
// you make queries without re-authorizing.
//
//var credentials = auth.CredentialStore;
//string oauthToken = credentials.OAuthToken;
//string oauthTokenSecret = credentials.OAuthTokenSecret;
//string screenName = credentials.ScreenName;
//ulong userID = credentials.UserID;
//
return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
}
Again, you can see that I'm using MvcAuthorizer and completing the request. After completing the request, you'll be able to pull out the oauth_token and oauth_token_secret, as well as screen_name and user_id. You can save these artifacts and re-use them for all subsequent activity by this user, making their experience better because they don't have to log in every time you need to make a request.
On your question about verification, there is a Verify Credentials endpoint.
LINQ to Twitter has an ASP.NET Core Sample, API Samples with 100% API coverate, and full documentation on the Wiki if you want to learn more.

After hours and hours of going through the documentation I found the answer out. Turns out I missed some small details from the guides.
When making a request to oauth/request_token, when you sign the
request, you don't use the access token secret (for this specific request). Also, see the "Getting Signing Key" section of the signing a request guide and read the last few paragraphs. Therefore the signing key
does not have the access token secret
You must UrlEncode every single key and value. You must UrlEncode the authorization header as well.
I will post the updated code for you all here in case you need this in C#. Note that this code is not clean. You should separate OAuth functionality into some other class. This was my attempt to just get it to work.
public async Task<string> GetUserOAuthRequestToken()
{
int timestamp = (Int32)(DateTime.UtcNow.Subtract(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1))).TotalSeconds;
string nonce = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(timestamp.ToString()));
string consumerKey = twitterConfiguration.ConsumerKey;
string oAuthCallback = twitterConfiguration.OAuthCallback;
string requestString =
twitterConfiguration.EndpointUrl +
OAuthRequestTokenRoute;
string parameterString =
$"oauth_callback={WebUtility.UrlEncode(twitterConfiguration.OAuthCallback)}&" +
$"oauth_consumer_key={WebUtility.UrlEncode(twitterConfiguration.ConsumerKey)}&" +
$"oauth_nonce={WebUtility.UrlEncode(nonce)}&" +
$"oauth_signature_method={WebUtility.UrlEncode(OAuthSigningAlgorithm)}&" +
$"oauth_timestamp={WebUtility.UrlEncode(timestamp.ToString())}&" +
$"oauth_version={WebUtility.UrlEncode("1.0")}";
string signatureBaseString =
"POST&" +
WebUtility.UrlEncode(requestString) +
"&" +
WebUtility.UrlEncode(parameterString);
string signingKey =
WebUtility.UrlEncode(twitterConfiguration.ConsumerSecret) +
"&";
byte[] signatureBaseStringBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(signatureBaseString);
byte[] signingKeyBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(signingKey);
HMACSHA1 hmacSha1 = new HMACSHA1(signingKeyBytes);
byte[] signature = hmacSha1.ComputeHash(signatureBaseStringBytes);
string base64Signature = Convert.ToBase64String(signature);
string authenticationHeaderValue =
$"oauth_nonce=\"{WebUtility.UrlEncode(nonce)}\", " +
$"oauth_callback=\"{WebUtility.UrlEncode(twitterConfiguration.OAuthCallback)}\", " +
$"oauth_signature_method=\"{WebUtility.UrlEncode(OAuthSigningAlgorithm)}\", " +
$"oauth_timestamp=\"{WebUtility.UrlEncode(timestamp.ToString())}\", " +
$"oauth_consumer_key=\"{WebUtility.UrlEncode(twitterConfiguration.ConsumerKey)}\", " +
$"oauth_signature=\"{WebUtility.UrlEncode(base64Signature)}\", " +
$"oauth_version=\"{WebUtility.UrlEncode("1.0")}\"";
HttpRequestMessage request = new HttpRequestMessage();
request.Method = HttpMethod.Post;
request.RequestUri = new Uri(
baseUri: new Uri(twitterConfiguration.EndpointUrl),
relativeUri: OAuthRequestTokenRoute);
request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("OAuth",
authenticationHeaderValue);
HttpResponseMessage httpResponseMessage = await httpClient.SendAsync(request);
if (httpResponseMessage.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
string response = await httpResponseMessage.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
return response;
}
else
{
return null;
}
}

OAuth2 : How to get authorization code from Outlook API for Authentication in Unity?

I'm developing a desktop application with Unity and I need to check if the user can log in Outlook to have access to my app.
So, I'm following this process from Microsoft docs and I'm trying to figure out how I can open Outlook API login page and send to my app the authorization code and then get the access-token to finally obtained information about the user. I tried several ways but without success.
First, I tried to obtain a kind of AuthenticationContext like We can use in general C# .NET Application by importing some .dlls but It seems that this solution is just a dream.
Then, I tried this functions I found, but the issue is that Outlook API, like all Microsoft Authentication API (I guess), needs a redirect_uri to send the code and the access-token. If I can get this authorization's code, I think that I could use the functions I found to do what I need. I tried to set a website with a PHP script as redirect_link to get the code and at the same time, do a request to get it.
But even if I try to get it through this script with a UnityWebRequest it's not working and It's really an ugly way to do it ^^'
Is there a way to open the Outlook "authorize" page and wait for a response ? Like if I could put the redirect_uri as my desktop application?
I need your help! And is there a better way to do it than mine?
Thanks !
UPDATE :
Here is my C# code
private IEnumarator ConnectOutlook()
{
string client_ID = "client-id";
string redirect_uri = "link of my PHP script";
string response_type = "code";
string url = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize?client_id=" + client_ID + "&redirect_uri=" + redirect_uri + "&response_type=" + response_type + "&scope=openid";
Application.OpenURL(url);
string resultCode = null;
StartCoroutine(GetAuthorization((code) => resultCode = code));
yield return new WaitUntil(() => resultCode != null);
StartCoroutine(GetAccessToken(resultCode));
}
private static IEnumerator GetAuthorization(Action<string> result)
{
Dictionary<string, string> content = new Dictionary<string, string>();
content.Add("action", "GetCode");
UnityWebRequest www = UnityWebRequest.Post("link of my PHP Script", content);
//Send request
yield return www.Send();
yield return new WaitUntil(() => www.downloadHandler.text != "");
if (!www.isNetworkError)
{
string resultContent = www.downloadHandler.text;
Debug.Log(resultContent);
result(resultContent);
}
else
{
//Return null
result("");
}
}
private static IEnumerator GetAccessToken(string code)
{
Dictionary<string, string> content = new Dictionary<string, string>();
//Fill key and value
content.Add("client_id", "client-id");
content.Add("client_secret", "client_secret");
content.Add("code", code);
content.Add("redirect_uri", "link of my PHP Script");
content.Add("grant_type", "authorization_code");
UnityWebRequest www = UnityWebRequest.Post("https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token", content);
//Send request
yield return www.Send();
if (!www.isNetworkError)
{
string resultContent = www.downloadHandler.text;
TokenClassName json = JsonUtility.FromJson<TokenClassName>(resultContent);
//Return result
Debug.Log(json.access_token);
}
else
{
//Return null
result("");
}
}
public class TokenClassName
{
public string access_token;
}
And here is my PHP Script (Please don't forget I'm trying to not use this script) :
<?php
$code = "";
// Here I get the code when Outlook API is redirecting after log in
if (isset($_GET['code'])) {
//Assign the code
$code = $_GET['code'];
}
elseif (isset($_GET['error'])) {
exit('ERROR: '.$_GET['error'].' - '.$_GET['error_description']);
}
//Here I try to return the assigned code
if ($_POST["action"] == "GetCode"){
echo $_GET['code'];
}
?>
I'm really looking for a way to disable the redirection to my script. The best should be to use an "await" for a response like in .NET UWP with AuthorizationContext and the way explained HERE

You need to use a loopback redirection URL. For example http://localhost:7000/. Just run a listen server inside Unity that will listen to any call of http://localhost:7000/ URL.
Like
TcpListener server = new TcpListener ("http://localhost", 7000);
You can also have some random session parameters to ensure http://localhost:7000 is called from the propper session that just started.
Check this git-hub repo with examples:
https://github.com/zizul/OAuth2.0-Unity/blob/master/Assets/OAuthClient.cs
I've not testes the code. I will update this post after I check it. But it looks like it should work.

C# TweetSharp not sending Tweets

I am using TweetSharp to send tweets to users (currently testing it) however it keeps coming back with Bad Authentication Data
{"errors":[{"code":215,"message":"Bad Authentication data."}]}
I have checked my app settings and it has full read and write access. I have also tried to regenerate my consumer keys but still not luck.
here is my code
public ActionResult AccessToken()
{
string oauth_consumer_key = "<consumer key>";
string oauth_consumer_secret = "<consumer secret>";
var service = new TwitterService(oauth_consumer_key, oauth_consumer_secret);
// Now we need the Token and TokenSecret
OAuthRequestToken requestToken = service.GetRequestToken("http://localhost:37808/");
string authURL = service.GetAuthorizationUri(requestToken).ToString();
Process.Start(authURL);
SendTweetOptions options = new SendTweetOptions();
options.Status = "Hello there Twitter";
service.SendTweet(options);
var re = service.Response.Response;
return View();
}
Am I doing anything wrong?

Finally solved the issue and it works well. Based upon comments from Yort.
public ActionResult AccessToken()
{
// Step 1 - Retrieve an OAuth Request Token
TwitterService service = new TwitterService(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["TwitterConsumerKey"], ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["TwitterConsumerSecret"]);
// This is the registered callback URL
OAuthRequestToken requestToken = service.GetRequestToken("http://localhost:37808/Twitter/OToken");
// Step 2 - Redirect to the OAuth Authorization URL
Uri uri = service.GetAuthorizationUri(requestToken);
return new RedirectResult(uri.ToString(), false /*permanent*/);
//return View();
}
public ActionResult OToken()
{
return View();
}
public ActionResult UserInfo(string oauth_token, string oauth_verifier)
{
var requestToken = new OAuthRequestToken { Token = oauth_token };
// Step 3 - Exchange the Request Token for an Access Token
TwitterService service = new TwitterService(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["TwitterConsumerKey"],
ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["TwitterConsumerSecret"]);
OAuthAccessToken accessToken = service.GetAccessToken(requestToken, oauth_verifier);
// Step 4 - User authenticates using the Access Token
service.AuthenticateWith(accessToken.Token, accessToken.TokenSecret);
TwitterUser user = service.VerifyCredentials(new VerifyCredentialsOptions());
ViewBag.Message = string.Format("{0}", user.ScreenName);
// Step 5 - Send Tweet to User TimeLine
SendTweetOptions options = new SendTweetOptions();
string URL = "file:\\C:\\Users\\<User>\\Desktop\\test.jpg";
string path = new Uri(URL).LocalPath;
// Sending with Media
using (var stream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open))
{
service.SendTweetWithMedia(new SendTweetWithMediaOptions
{
Status = "<status>",
Images = new Dictionary<string, Stream> { { path, stream } }
});
}
var responseText = service.Response.StatusCode;
if (responseText.ToString() == "OK")
{
ViewBag.Message = "Tweet Successful";
}
else
{
ViewBag.Message = "Tweet Unsuccessful";
}
return View();
}
}

I don't believe you can send Tweets as just a consumer, the Tweets have to be "owned" by a user account. You need to register a Twitter account, then do the full oauth authentication process to get an access token (in addition to the consumer token), then reauthorise the TweetSharp service using both tokens.
Your code above nearly gets there (I think). After the Process.start call there needs to be logic to use the verifier returned in the browser (a number displayed after the user logs in) to complete the auth process and act as that user. At the moment, your code gets half way through that process but does not complete it, so when you try to tweet your TweetSharp service is only authed as the app and not the user.
The originalTweetSharp readme.md does include the missing bits of code. Step 3 needs the actual verifier returned in the browser after login:
// Step 3 - Exchange the Request Token for an Access Token
string verifier = "123456"; // <-- This is input into your application by your user
OAuthAccessToken access = service.GetAccessToken(requestToken, verifier);
// Step 4 - User authenticates using the Access Token
service.AuthenticateWith(access.Token, access.TokenSecret);
//Now your tweet call should work here.
It also looks like you're doing this in a web app on the server? In which case you're using entirely the wrong oauth flow (I believe). This one is designed for desktop apps, hence the call that starts a new browser process for the user to login with. I'm not entirely sure how the web flow works as I've never used it, but I believe you need to redirect the user to the authorisation url you receive, and the callback registered with Twitter should point back to your site. I think there is some kind of state parameter that can be passed back through the oauth flow so you can implement your own logic to pickup where you left off based on a session id or similar.

I worked on this subject before. You have to developer account before the send tweet because you need tokens and keys. It's my windows service project.
I wrote my tokens and key codes in App.config
<appSettings>
<add key="twitterAccessToken" value="*****"/>
<add key="twitterAccessTokenSecret" value="*****"/>
<add key="twitterConsumerKey" value="*****"/>
<add key="twitterConsumerSecret" value="*****"/>
public static void SendTweet()
{
try
{
GetPixelImageFile();
string key = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Get("twitterConsumerKey");
string secret = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Get("twitterConsumerSecret");
string token = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Get("twitterAccessToken");
string tokenSecret = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Get("twitterAccessTokenSecret");
string message = "Color, Colorful, Pixel, Art, PixelColouring, Follow";
var service = new TweetSharp.TwitterService(key, secret);
service.AuthenticateWith(token, tokenSecret);
using (var stream = new FileStream(#"C:\Images\Pixel.png", FileMode.Open))
{
var result = service.SendTweetWithMedia(new SendTweetWithMediaOptions
{
Status = message,
Images = new Dictionary<string, Stream> { { "john", stream } }
});
SendMail("SendTweet", (result == null ? "" : result.Text));
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
SendMail("SendTweet", ex.Message);
}
}

How to post Twitter message to authenticated user's timeline via OAuth

I've been wrestling with the Twitter API for a few days now but I cannot post a message to an authenticated user's timeline. I've got an ASP.NET MVC 4 application that signs a user in via Twitter and saves the access token that comes back from the sign in process. That part works fine. I can see my application with read and write permissions within the authenticated user's twitter account.
I'm then using that access token, along with the consumer key, consumer secret and oauth token secret associated with my Twitter application, to post to the user's timeline. I'm getting a 401 unauthorised error every time. I've tried using the 1.1 API and the 1 API with the same result.
Most of the code comes from Gary Short's article here: http://garyshortblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/a-twitter-oauth-example-in-c/
Here's what I've got so far. If anyone can spot any clues as to what I'm missing I'd be most grateful.
public async Task<bool> Push(TwitterMessage twitterMessage)
{
const string updateApi = "http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/update.json";
const string oauthConsumerKey = "<consumerKey>";
const string consumerSecret = "<consumerSecret>";
const string oauthSignatureMethod = "HMAC-SHA1";
const string oauthTokenSecret = "<tokenSecret>";
var signingKey = string.Format("{0}&{1}", consumerSecret.Escaped(), oauthTokenSecret.Escaped());
var postBody = "status=" + Uri.EscapeDataString(twitterMessage.MessageContent);
var oauthNonce = Convert.ToBase64String(new ASCIIEncoding().GetBytes(DateTime.Now.Ticks.ToString()));
var oauthToken = "<authenticatedUserToken>";
var timeSpan = DateTime.UtcNow - new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
var oauthTimestamp = Convert.ToInt64(timeSpan.TotalSeconds).ToString();
var message = string.Format("POST {0}?{1} HTTP/1.1", updateApi, postBody.Escaped());
var hasher = new HMACSHA1(new ASCIIEncoding().GetBytes(signingKey));
var signatureString = Convert.ToBase64String(hasher.ComputeHash(new ASCIIEncoding().GetBytes(message)));
ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = false;
var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(updateApi);
request.KeepAlive = false;
var authorisationBuilder = new StringBuilder();
authorisationBuilder.Append("OAuth ");
authorisationBuilder.AppendFormat("oauth_consumer_key=\"{0}\",", oauthConsumerKey.Escaped());
authorisationBuilder.AppendFormat("oauth_signature_method=\"{0}\",", oauthSignatureMethod.Escaped());
authorisationBuilder.AppendFormat("oauth_timestamp=\"{0}\",", oauthTimestamp.Escaped());
authorisationBuilder.AppendFormat("oauth_nonce=\"{0}\",", oauthNonce.Escaped());
authorisationBuilder.AppendFormat("oauth_token=\"{0}\",", oauthToken.Escaped());
authorisationBuilder.AppendFormat("oauth_signature=\"{0}\"", signatureString.Escaped());
var authorisation = authorisationBuilder.ToString();
request.Headers.Add("Authorization", authorisation);
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
using (var stream = await request.GetRequestStreamAsync())
{
var bodyBytes = new ASCIIEncoding().GetBytes(postBody);
stream.Write(bodyBytes, 0, bodyBytes.Length);
}
//Allow us a reasonable timeout in case Twitter's busy
request.Timeout = 3 * 60 * 1000;
try
{
var response = await request.GetResponseAsync() as HttpWebResponse;
return true;
}
catch (WebException)
{
return false;
}
}
public static string Escaped(this string input)
{
return Uri.EscapeDataString(input);
}
UPDATE Looking at this SO post it looks like I can't use the DotNetOpenAuth twitter client for authorisation, which I had been doing. The suggestion there is to extend the twitter consumer class instead to perform the authorisation, which will allow me to retrieve the user's token secret (the missing piece of my puzzle I think). Will post another update when I get this working.

Check this code and link/article simple and easy :
protected void btnTweet_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string oauthAccessToken = Session["twtoken"].ToString();
string oauthAccessTokenSecret = Session["twsecret"].ToString();
OAuthHelper oauthhelper = new OAuthHelper();
oauthhelper.TweetOnBehalfOf(oauthAccessToken, oauthAccessTokenSecret, txtTweet.Text);
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(oauthhelper.oauth_error))
Response.Write("Twit Posted Successfully");
else
Response.Write(oauthhelper.oauth_error);
}
Read more how to get access token and secret key and download OAuthHelper and OAuthUtility Class below is the link -
How to post tweet on behalf of an user from asp.net using oauth authentication
Login with twitter using oauth authentication in asp.net and get access token, screen name and userid

So the problem is an issue with DotNetOpenAuth as it currently stands. For Twitter authentication, the DotNetOpenAuth client doesn't allow for the full authorisation flow (needed for posting to a user's timeline). Only the access token is retrieved from the initial handshake and not the access token secret. I was using the access token secret associated with my Twitter app, rather than the Twitter user who was signing in, so authorisation was failing every time.
UPDATE: I've finally gone with using Daniel Crenna's Tweetsharp library, which makes the code a little simpler than writing my own API wrapper would have been:
public async Task<bool> Push(TwitterAccount account)
{
var twitterService = new TwitterService(consumerKey, consumerSecret);
twitterService.AuthenticateWith(account.AccessToken, account.AccessTokenSecret);
var options = new SendTweetOptions {Status = string.Format("{0} {1}", account.Message.MessageContent, account.Message.ShortLink)};
var status = twitterService.SendTweet(options);
return status != null;
}

Google+ API: How can I use RefreshTokens to avoid requesting access every time my app launches?

I'm trying to use the Google+ API to access info for the authenticated user. I've copied some code from one of the samples, which works fine (below), however I'm having trouble making it work in a way I can reuse the token across app-launches.
I tried capturing the "RefreshToken" property and using provider.RefreshToken() (amongst other things) and always get a 400 Bad Request response.
Does anyone know how to make this work, or know where I can find some samples? The Google Code site doesn't seem to cover this :-(
class Program
{
private const string Scope = "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.me";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var provider = new NativeApplicationClient(GoogleAuthenticationServer.Description);
provider.ClientIdentifier = "BLAH";
provider.ClientSecret = "BLAH";
var auth = new OAuth2Authenticator<NativeApplicationClient>(provider, GetAuthentication);
var plus = new PlusService(auth);
plus.Key = "BLAH";
var me = plus.People.Get("me").Fetch();
Console.WriteLine(me.DisplayName);
}
private static IAuthorizationState GetAuthentication(NativeApplicationClient arg)
{
// Get the auth URL:
IAuthorizationState state = new AuthorizationState(new[] { Scope });
state.Callback = new Uri(NativeApplicationClient.OutOfBandCallbackUrl);
Uri authUri = arg.RequestUserAuthorization(state);
// Request authorization from the user (by opening a browser window):
Process.Start(authUri.ToString());
Console.Write(" Authorization Code: ");
string authCode = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine();
// Retrieve the access token by using the authorization code:
return arg.ProcessUserAuthorization(authCode, state);
}
}

Here is an example. Make sure you add a string setting called RefreshToken and reference System.Security or find another way to safely store the refresh token.
private static byte[] aditionalEntropy = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
private static IAuthorizationState GetAuthorization(NativeApplicationClient arg)
{
// Get the auth URL:
IAuthorizationState state = new AuthorizationState(new[] { PlusService.Scopes.PlusMe.GetStringValue() });
state.Callback = new Uri(NativeApplicationClient.OutOfBandCallbackUrl);
string refreshToken = LoadRefreshToken();
if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(refreshToken))
{
state.RefreshToken = refreshToken;
if (arg.RefreshToken(state))
return state;
}
Uri authUri = arg.RequestUserAuthorization(state);
// Request authorization from the user (by opening a browser window):
Process.Start(authUri.ToString());
Console.Write(" Authorization Code: ");
string authCode = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine();
// Retrieve the access token by using the authorization code:
var result = arg.ProcessUserAuthorization(authCode, state);
StoreRefreshToken(state);
return result;
}
private static string LoadRefreshToken()
{
return Encoding.Unicode.GetString(ProtectedData.Unprotect(Convert.FromBase64String(Properties.Settings.Default.RefreshToken), aditionalEntropy, DataProtectionScope.CurrentUser));
}
private static void StoreRefreshToken(IAuthorizationState state)
{
Properties.Settings.Default.RefreshToken = Convert.ToBase64String(ProtectedData.Protect(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(state.RefreshToken), aditionalEntropy, DataProtectionScope.CurrentUser));
Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
}

The general idea is as follows:
You redirect the user to Google's Authorization Endpoint.
You obtain a short-lived Authorization Code.
You immediately exchange the Authorization Code for a long-lived Access Token using Google's Token Endpoint. The Access Token comes with an expiry date and a Refresh Token.
You make requests to Google's API using the Access Token.
You can reuse the Access Token for as many requests as you like until it expires. Then you can use the Refresh Token to request a new Access Token (which comes with a new expiry date and a new Refresh Token).
See also:
The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Protocol
Google's OAuth 2.0 documentation

I also had problems with getting "offline" authentication to work (i.e. acquiring authentication with a refresh token), and got HTTP-response 400 Bad request with a code similar to the OP's code. However, I got it to work with the line client.ClientCredentialApplicator = ClientCredentialApplicator.PostParameter(this.clientSecret); in the Authenticate-method. This is essential to get a working code -- I think this line forces the clientSecret to be sent as a POST-parameter to the server (instead of as a HTTP Basic Auth-parameter).
This solution assumes that you've already got a client ID, a client secret and a refresh-token. Note that you don't need to enter an access-token in the code. (A short-lived access-code is acquired "under the hood" from the Google server when sending the long-lived refresh-token with the line client.RefreshAuthorization(state);. This access-token is stored as part of the auth-variable, from where it is used to authorize the API-calls "under the hood".)
A code example that works for me with Google API v3 for accessing my Google Calendar:
class SomeClass
{
private string clientID = "XXXXXXXXX.apps.googleusercontent.com";
private string clientSecret = "MY_CLIENT_SECRET";
private string refreshToken = "MY_REFRESH_TOKEN";
private string primaryCal = "MY_GMAIL_ADDRESS";
private void button2_Click_1(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
NativeApplicationClient client = new NativeApplicationClient(GoogleAuthenticationServer.Description, this.clientID, this.clientSecret);
OAuth2Authenticator<NativeApplicationClient> auth = new OAuth2Authenticator<NativeApplicationClient>(client, Authenticate);
// Authenticated and ready for API calls...
// EITHER Calendar API calls (tested):
CalendarService cal = new CalendarService(auth);
EventsResource.ListRequest listrequest = cal.Events.List(this.primaryCal);
Google.Apis.Calendar.v3.Data.Events events = listrequest.Fetch();
// iterate the events and show them here.
// OR Plus API calls (not tested) - copied from OP's code:
var plus = new PlusService(auth);
plus.Key = "BLAH"; // don't know what this line does.
var me = plus.People.Get("me").Fetch();
Console.WriteLine(me.DisplayName);
// OR some other API calls...
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error while communicating with Google servers. Try again(?). The error was:\r\n" + ex.Message + "\r\n\r\nInner exception:\r\n" + ex.InnerException.Message);
}
}
private IAuthorizationState Authenticate(NativeApplicationClient client)
{
IAuthorizationState state = new AuthorizationState(new string[] { }) { RefreshToken = this.refreshToken };
// IMPORTANT - does not work without:
client.ClientCredentialApplicator = ClientCredentialApplicator.PostParameter(this.clientSecret);
client.RefreshAuthorization(state);
return state;
}
}

The OAuth 2.0 spec is not yet finished, and there is a smattering of spec implementations out there across the various clients and services that cause these errors to appear. Mostly likely you're doing everything right, but the DotNetOpenAuth version you're using implements a different draft of OAuth 2.0 than Google is currently implementing. Neither part is "right", since the spec isn't yet finalized, but it makes compatibility something of a nightmare.
You can check that the DotNetOpenAuth version you're using is the latest (in case that helps, which it might), but ultimately you may need to either sit tight until the specs are finalized and everyone implements them correctly, or read the Google docs yourself (which presumably describe their version of OAuth 2.0) and implement one that specifically targets their draft version.

I would recommend looking at the "SampleHelper" project in the Samples solution of the Google .NET Client API:
Samples/SampleHelper/AuthorizationMgr.cs
This file shows both how to use Windows Protected Data to store a Refresh token, and it also shows how to use a Local Loopback Server and different techniques to capture the Access code instead of having the user enter it manually.
One of the samples in the library which use this method of authorization can be found below:
Samples/Tasks.CreateTasks/Program.cs

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