are you sure your encode method is correctly base64-encoding the credentials?
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 08:18, havis <bazoa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Adam, actually i am using basic authentication sending login and > password as a header request: > > String url = "http://twitter.com/statuses/ > friends_timeline.xml <http://twitter.com/statuses/%0Afriends_timeline.xml> > "; > String credentials = "username:password"; > credentials = encode(credentials); // this > method encode > the login and password as base64 > HttpConnection con = > (HttpConnection)Connector.open > (url); > con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " > + > credentials); > con.setRequestMethod("GET"); > con = (HttpConnection)Connector.open(url); > InputStream is1 = con.openInputStream(); > showReply(con, is1); // This method displays in > the > screen the reply from twitter that i have showed before. > is1.close(); > > This source code is j2me, i have implemented a similar code in java > and it works fine, no authentication problem but when i use the code > above, there is always the authentication problem message. Any idea? > thanks. > > On 17 ago, 22:46, Adam Shannon <a...@ashannon.us> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:42 PM, havis <bazoa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello, i am working on a project for mobile phones and Twitter API. I > > > made tests using java platform and everything works ok, when i use the > > > same credentials in j2me, there is always the following message as > > > response: > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > > <hash> > > > <request>/statuses/friends_timeline.xml</request> > > > <error>Could not authenticate you.</error> > > > </hash> > > > > > I am using basic authentication. Did you have this problem? Can > > > anybody help me please? thanks in advance. > > > > Are you using this basic format? > > http[s]://username:passw...@twitter.com/authenticate/ > > > > -- > > - Adam Shannon (http://ashannon.us) > -- Internets. Serious business.
