That Base String looks fine. But what was the thing you showed us a few
posts back? (Really, it looked like a base string!)
Tom
On 9/21/10 12:39 AM, Randomness wrote:
> I am really getting confused. I did not show the base string, as I
> believe it is only used to caclulate the signature, but it looks like
> this:
>
> POST&http%3A%2F%2Fapi.twitter.com%2F1%2Fstatuses
> %2Fupdate.xml&oauth_consumer_key%3DMUCONSUMERKEY%26oauth_nonce
> %3DBy0mBhrkliegb29E2gek6japm6Cqkg4wiuoy0834d%26oauth_signature_method
> %3DHMAC-SHA1%26oauth_timestamp%3D1285028392%26oauth_token%MYOAUTHTOKEN
> %26oauth_version%3D1.0%26status%3Dtesting
>
> Combining this with the composite signing key and base64 encoding
> gives me the oauth signature.
>
> Following this, it is my understanding that two lines are needed. One
> with the url and one with the authorization haeder as shown above....
>
>
> On Sep 21, 12:30 am, Tom van der Woerdt <i...@tvdw.eu> wrote:
>> Bad: xml.setRequestHeader "Authorization", "OAuth" & Cells(17, 3)
>> Good: xml.setRequestHeader "Authorization", "OAuth " & Cells(17, 3)
>>
>> Also, if I am not mistaken, %22 is " and I definitely see those in your
>> Base String ;-) I'm not saying that it's impossible to have them there,
>> just that it's very unlikely that you need them there.
>>
>> Also, like Taylor pointed out: there's no status= in your base string ;-)
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> On 9/21/10 12:22 AM, Randomness wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> I don't see where the space is missing..
>>> I did not put quotes in the base string. I assume that it only serves
>>> as a way to claculate an oauth signature, which is calculated exactly
>>> as by your website and by twitter.
>>
>>> Still stuck....
>>
>>> On Sep 21, 12:16 am, Tom van der Woerdt <i...@tvdw.eu> wrote:
>>>> Multiple things:
>>>> * You missed a space in the Authorization header. Go look in my post ;)
>>>> * You don't have to put the quotes in the Base String. Only in the
>>>> Authorization: header.
>>
>>>> Tom
>>
>>>> On 9/21/10 12:14 AM, Randomness wrote:
>>
>>>>> I still get the same mistake all the time, after I get asked and
>>>>> cancel for a username and password:
>>
>>>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>>>>> <errors>
>>>>> <error code="32">Could not authenticate you</error> </errors>
>>
>>>>> The xml part of the VBA now looks like this:
>>
>>>>> Set xml = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP") xml.Open "POST", Cells(18,
>>>>> 3), False xml.setRequestHeader "Authorization", "OAuth" & Cells(17, 3)
>>>>> xml.Send tResult = xml.responsetext Cells(7, 5) = tResult Debug.Print
>>>>> tResult Set xml = Nothing
>>
>>>>> Cells(18,3) =http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/update.xml?status=testing
>>>>> I believe calling it this way does not need quotes, because it is
>>>>> already called as a string.
>>
>>>>> I changed the authorization header.
>>
>>>>> I put quotes around the values and url encoded the values. Cells(17,3)
>>>>> now looks like this:
>>
>>>>> oauth_consumer_key%3D%22MYCONSUMERKEY%22%2Coauth_token%3D%MYOAUTHTOKEN
>>>>> %22%2Coauth_signature_method %3D%22HMAC-SHA1%22%2Coauth_signature%3D
>>>>> %22AXBM9Mpc2k3+/jYGTvs/JE4G8BQ=%22%2Coauth_timestamp%3D
>>>>> %221285025757%22%2Coauth_nonce%3D
>>>>> %22slnbcv0vxt1gzwfDz2Celv2ojcpqabyxoEB9sEal4%22%2Coauth_version%3D
>>>>> %221.0%22
>>
>>>>> When calculating signatures I get the exact same values as are
>>>>> calculated on your Quonos site. They are also the same as calculated
>>>>> with the examples given by Twitter.
>>
>>>>> This is a tough nut to crack! :-)
>>
>>>>> On Sep 20, 9:06 pm, Tom van der Woerdt <i...@tvdw.eu> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>
>>>>>> I see multiple things that are wrong:
>>>>>> * You didn't put quotes around your URL
>>>>>> * You shouldn't send OAuth: as an header. The header is Authorization:
>>>>>> OAuth <headerstring>. (xml.setRequestHeader "Authorization", "OAuth " &
>>>>>> headerstring
>>>>>> * You should put quotes around the values in headerstring, and if you
>>>>>> haven't done so already, URLencode the values
>>>>>> * There's no signature in headerstring
>>
>>>>>> If you changed those, and it still doesn't work, please give these :
>>>>>> * A sample Base String
>>>>>> * A TCP dump of a full request, including response.
>>
>>>>>> Tom
>>
>>>>>> PS: Do I know you?
>>
>>>>>> On 9/20/10 8:38 PM, Randomness wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> I believe I have solved all the issues of getting the right
>>>>>>> information to send a tweet using Excel. Calculation of oauth_nonce
>>>>>>> and oauth_timestamp look good and also the calculation of the
>>>>>>> oath_signature seems to be in order.
>>
>>>>>>> When I try to post the message I get a message asking for user name
>>>>>>> and password and when I cancel this I get an error 32.
>>
>>>>>>> I am doing the following:
>>
>>>>>>> Set xml = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
>>>>>>> xml.Open "POST",http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/update.xml?status=text
>>>>>>> of the update, False
>>>>>>> xml.setRequestHeader "OAuth", headerstring
>>>>>>> xml.Send
>>>>>>> tResult = xml.responsetext
>>>>>>> Debug.Print tResult
>>>>>>> Set xml = Nothing
>>
>>>>>>> headerstring="oauth_consumer_key=myconsumerkey,
>>>>>>> oauth_token=mytoken,
>>>>>>> oauth_signature_method =HMAC-SHA1,
>>>>>>> oauth_signature=calculatedsignature,
>>>>>>> oauth_timestamp=1285014608,
>>
>>>>>>> oauth_nonce=81A1iuux8jzxgieaxmmp3ta2bDdqefd88hp9soo31,
>>>>>>> oauth_version=1.0"
>>
>>>>>>> Any help wouldbe appreciated because I am really stuck.- Hide quoted
>>>>>>> text -
>>
>>>>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
>>
>>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
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