[twitter-dev] Get username from Twitter API

2010-06-28 Thread thomas
Hi all, I have created a Twitter app using oAuth for authentication. However, I cannot find any info on how I can retrieve the user's username in order to get his details. By user, I mean the one that granted my app permission and for whom the app is making the API calls Thank you

Re: [twitter-dev] Get username from Twitter API

2010-06-28 Thread Taylor Singletary
Hi Thomas, There are a few ways you retrieve this information. When you are on the final leg of your OAuth transaction (exchanging a request token for an access token), part of the response that you get back includes the user id and screen name for the authenticating user: